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Section 1029.8.16.1.5 Disposition versions

2019-12-11

1029.8.16.1.5. If a particular partnership carries on a business in Canada and has entered into an agreement under which the parties agree to undertake scientific research and experimental development related to a business of the particular partnership, in Québec, or cause such research and development to be undertaken in Québec on their behalf as part of a contract, other than an excluded contract, each taxpayer who is a member of the particular partnership at the end of a fiscal period of the particular partnership in which the research and development was undertaken and who is not a public partner, a tax-exempt taxpayer within the meaning of paragraph b.1 of section 1029.8.1 or a specified member of the particular partnership in that fiscal period, is deemed, subject to the second paragraph, to have paid to the Minister, on the taxpayer’s balance-due day for the taxpayer’s taxation year in which that fiscal period ends, on account of the taxpayer’s tax payable for that year under this Part, if the conditions set out in the third paragraph are satisfied in respect of the parties to the agreement and if the taxpayer encloses the documents described in the fourth paragraph with the fiscal return the taxpayer is required to file under section 1000 for that year, or would be required to file if tax were payable under this Part by the taxpayer, 14% of the taxpayer’s share of an amount equal to the aggregate of

(a)  all or part of a qualified expenditure that the particular partnership has made in Québec, that can reasonably be attributed to such research and development directly undertaken by the particular partnership in that fiscal period and that the particular partnership has paid;

(b)  all or part of a qualified expenditure that the particular partnership has made in Québec under a contract entered into with a person or another partnership with which a member of the particular partnership was not dealing at arm’s length at the time the contract was entered into, that can reasonably be attributed to such research and development directly undertaken by the person or the other partnership on behalf of the particular partnership in that fiscal period and that the particular partnership has paid; and

(c)  80% of an amount representing all or part of a qualified expenditure that the particular partnership has made in Québec under a contract entered into with a person or another partnership with which all the members of the particular partnership were dealing at arm’s length at the time the contract was entered into, that can reasonably be attributed to such research and development directly undertaken by the person or the other partnership on behalf of the particular partnership in that fiscal period and that the particular partnership has paid.

For the purpose of computing the payments that a taxpayer is required to make under section 1025 or 1026, subparagraph a of the first paragraph of section 1027, or any of sections 1145, 1159.7, 1175 and 1175.19 where they refer to that subparagraph a, the taxpayer is deemed to have paid to the Minister, on account of the aggregate of the taxpayer’s tax payable for the year under this Part and of the taxpayer’s tax payable for the year under Parts IV, IV.1, VI and VI.1, on the date on or before which each payment is required to be made, an amount equal to the lesser of

(a)  the amount by which the amount determined under the first paragraph for the year exceeds the aggregate of all amounts each of which is the portion of that amount that can reasonably be considered to be deemed to have been paid to the Minister under this paragraph in the year but before that date; and

(b)  the amount by which the amount of that payment, determined without reference to this chapter, exceeds the aggregate of all amounts each of which is an amount that is deemed, under this chapter but otherwise than under the first paragraph, to have been paid to the Minister on that date, for the purpose of computing that payment.

The conditions to which the first paragraph refers in respect of the parties to the agreement referred to in that paragraph are as follows:

(a)  the agreement must include at least two parties who are not public partners;

(b)  at least two parties who are not public partners were dealing with each other at arm’s length throughout a fiscal period referred to in the first paragraph that ended after 13 March 2008; and

(c)  no party who is not a public partner is related to a public partner throughout a fiscal period referred to in the first paragraph that ended after 13 March 2008.

The documents to which the first paragraph refers are the following:

(a)  the prescribed form containing prescribed information; and

(b)  a copy of the valid qualification certificate issued by the Minister of Economy and Innovation for the purposes of this division.

2007, c. 12, s. 122; 2009, c. 15, s. 211; 2013, c. 28, s. 141; 2015, c. 21, s. 399; 2015, c. 36, s. 92; 2019, c. 14, s. 308; 2019, c. 29, s. 88.

2019-06-19

1029.8.16.1.5. If a particular partnership carries on a business in Canada and has entered into an agreement under which the parties agree to undertake scientific research and experimental development related to a business of the particular partnership, in Québec, or cause such research and development to be undertaken in Québec on their behalf as part of a contract, other than an excluded contract, each taxpayer who is a member of the particular partnership at the end of a fiscal period of the particular partnership in which the research and development was undertaken and who is not a public partner, a tax-exempt taxpayer within the meaning of paragraph b.1 of section 1029.8.1 or a specified member of the particular partnership in that fiscal period, is deemed, subject to the second paragraph, to have paid to the Minister, on the taxpayer’s balance-due day for the taxpayer’s taxation year in which that fiscal period ends, on account of the taxpayer’s tax payable for that year under this Part, if the conditions set out in the third paragraph are satisfied in respect of the parties to the agreement and if the taxpayer encloses the documents described in the fourth paragraph with the fiscal return the taxpayer is required to file under section 1000 for that year, or would be required to file if tax were payable under this Part by the taxpayer, 14% of the taxpayer’s share of an amount equal to the aggregate of

(a)  all or part of a qualified expenditure that the particular partnership has made in Québec, that can reasonably be attributed to such research and development directly undertaken by the particular partnership in that fiscal period and that the particular partnership has paid;

(b)  all or part of a qualified expenditure that the particular partnership has made in Québec under a contract entered into with a person or another partnership with which a member of the particular partnership was not dealing at arm’s length at the time the contract was entered into, that can reasonably be attributed to such research and development directly undertaken by the person or the other partnership on behalf of the particular partnership in that fiscal period and that the particular partnership has paid; and

(c)  80% of an amount representing all or part of a qualified expenditure that the particular partnership has made in Québec under a contract entered into with a person or another partnership with which all the members of the particular partnership were dealing at arm’s length at the time the contract was entered into, that can reasonably be attributed to such research and development directly undertaken by the person or the other partnership on behalf of the particular partnership in that fiscal period and that the particular partnership has paid.

For the purpose of computing the payments that a taxpayer is required to make under section 1025 or 1026, subparagraph a of the first paragraph of section 1027, or any of sections 1145, 1159.7, 1175 and 1175.19 where they refer to that subparagraph a, the taxpayer is deemed to have paid to the Minister, on account of the aggregate of the taxpayer’s tax payable for the year under this Part and of the taxpayer’s tax payable for the year under Parts IV, IV.1, VI and VI.1, on the date on or before which each payment is required to be made, an amount equal to the lesser of

(a)  the amount by which the amount determined under the first paragraph for the year exceeds the aggregate of all amounts each of which is the portion of that amount that can reasonably be considered to be deemed to have been paid to the Minister under this paragraph in the year but before that date; and

(b)  the amount by which the amount of that payment, determined without reference to this chapter, exceeds the aggregate of all amounts each of which is an amount that is deemed, under this chapter but otherwise than under the first paragraph, to have been paid to the Minister on that date, for the purpose of computing that payment.

The conditions to which the first paragraph refers in respect of the parties to the agreement referred to in that paragraph are as follows:

(a)  the agreement must include at least two parties who are not public partners;

(b)  at least two parties who are not public partners were dealing with each other at arm’s length throughout a fiscal period referred to in the first paragraph that ended after 13 March 2008; and

(c)  no party who is not a public partner is related to a public partner throughout a fiscal period referred to in the first paragraph that ended after 13 March 2008.

The documents to which the first paragraph refers are the following:

(a)  the prescribed form containing prescribed information; and

(b)  a copy of the valid qualification certificate issued by the Minister of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology for the purposes of this division.

2007, c. 12, s. 122; 2009, c. 15, s. 211; 2013, c. 28, s. 141; 2015, c. 21, s. 399; 2015, c. 36, s. 92; 2019, c. 14, s. 308.

2015-12-04

1029.8.16.1.5. If a particular partnership carries on a business in Canada and has entered into an agreement under which the parties agree to undertake scientific research and experimental development related to a business of the particular partnership, in Québec, or cause such research and development to be undertaken in Québec on their behalf as part of a contract, other than an excluded contract, each taxpayer who is a member of the particular partnership at the end of a fiscal period of the particular partnership in which the research and development was undertaken and who is not a public partner, a tax-exempt taxpayer within the meaning of paragraph b.1 of section 1029.8.1 or a specified member of the particular partnership in that fiscal period, is deemed, subject to the second paragraph, to have paid to the Minister, on the taxpayer’s balance-due day for the taxpayer’s taxation year in which that fiscal period ends, on account of the taxpayer’s tax payable for that year under this Part, if the conditions set out in the third paragraph are satisfied in respect of the parties to the agreement and if the taxpayer encloses the documents described in the fourth paragraph with the fiscal return the taxpayer is required to file under section 1000 for that year, or would be required to file if tax were payable under this Part by the taxpayer, 14% of the taxpayer’s share of an amount equal to the aggregate of

(a)  all or part of a qualified expenditure the particular partnership has made in Québec that can reasonably be attributed to such research and development directly undertaken by the particular partnership in that fiscal period;

(b)  all or part of a qualified expenditure the particular partnership has made in Québec under a contract entered into with a person or another partnership with which a member of the particular partnership was not dealing at arm’s length at the time the contract was entered into, that can reasonably be attributed to such research and development directly undertaken by the person or the other partnership on behalf of the particular partnership in that fiscal period; and

(c)  80% of an amount representing all or part of a qualified expenditure the particular partnership has made in Québec under a contract entered into with a person or another partnership with which all the members of the particular partnership were dealing at arm’s length at the time the contract was entered into, that can reasonably be attributed to such research and development directly undertaken by the person or the other partnership on behalf of the particular partnership in that fiscal period.

For the purpose of computing the payments that a taxpayer is required to make under section 1025 or 1026, subparagraph a of the first paragraph of section 1027, or any of sections 1145, 1159.7, 1175 and 1175.19 where they refer to that subparagraph a, the taxpayer is deemed to have paid to the Minister, on account of the aggregate of the taxpayer’s tax payable for the year under this Part and of the taxpayer’s tax payable for the year under Parts IV, IV.1, VI and VI.1, on the date on or before which each payment is required to be made, an amount equal to the lesser of

(a)  the amount by which the amount determined under the first paragraph for the year exceeds the aggregate of all amounts each of which is the portion of that amount that can reasonably be considered to be deemed to have been paid to the Minister under this paragraph in the year but before that date; and

(b)  the amount by which the amount of that payment, determined without reference to this chapter, exceeds the aggregate of all amounts each of which is an amount that is deemed, under this chapter but otherwise than under the first paragraph, to have been paid to the Minister on that date, for the purpose of computing that payment.

The conditions to which the first paragraph refers in respect of the parties to the agreement referred to in that paragraph are as follows:

(a)  the agreement must include at least two parties who are not public partners;

(b)  at least two parties who are not public partners were dealing with each other at arm’s length throughout a fiscal period referred to in the first paragraph that ended after 13 March 2008; and

(c)  no party who is not a public partner is related to a public partner throughout a fiscal period referred to in the first paragraph that ended after 13 March 2008.

The documents to which the first paragraph refers are the following:

(a)  the prescribed form containing prescribed information; and

(b)  a copy of the valid qualification certificate issued by the Minister of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology for the purposes of this division.

2007, c. 12, s. 122; 2009, c. 15, s. 211; 2013, c. 28, s. 141; 2015, c. 21, s. 399; 2015, c. 36, s. 92.

2015-10-21

1029.8.16.1.5. If a particular partnership carries on a business in Canada and has entered into an agreement under which the parties agree to undertake scientific research and experimental development related to a business of the particular partnership, in Québec, or cause such research and development to be undertaken in Québec on their behalf as part of a contract, other than an excluded contract, each taxpayer who is a member of the particular partnership at the end of a fiscal period of the particular partnership in which the research and development was undertaken and who is not a public partner, a tax-exempt taxpayer within the meaning of paragraph b.1 of section 1029.8.1 or a specified member of the particular partnership in that fiscal period, is deemed, subject to the second paragraph, to have paid to the Minister, on the taxpayer’s balance-due day for the taxpayer’s taxation year in which that fiscal period ends, on account of the taxpayer’s tax payable for that year under this Part, if the conditions set out in the third paragraph are satisfied in respect of the parties to the agreement and if the taxpayer encloses the documents described in the fourth paragraph with the fiscal return the taxpayer is required to file under section 1000 for that year, or would be required to file if tax were payable under this Part by the taxpayer, 28% of the taxpayer’s share of an amount equal to the aggregate of

(a)  all or part of a qualified expenditure the particular partnership has made in Québec that can reasonably be attributed to such research and development directly undertaken by the particular partnership in that fiscal period;

(b)  all or part of a qualified expenditure the particular partnership has made in Québec under a contract entered into with a person or another partnership with which a member of the particular partnership was not dealing at arm’s length at the time the contract was entered into, that can reasonably be attributed to such research and development directly undertaken by the person or the other partnership on behalf of the particular partnership in that fiscal period; and

(c)  80% of an amount representing all or part of a qualified expenditure the particular partnership has made in Québec under a contract entered into with a person or another partnership with which all the members of the particular partnership were dealing at arm’s length at the time the contract was entered into, that can reasonably be attributed to such research and development directly undertaken by the person or the other partnership on behalf of the particular partnership in that fiscal period.

For the purpose of computing the payments that a taxpayer is required to make under section 1025 or 1026, subparagraph a of the first paragraph of section 1027, or any of sections 1145, 1159.7, 1175 and 1175.19 where they refer to that subparagraph a, the taxpayer is deemed to have paid to the Minister, on account of the aggregate of the taxpayer’s tax payable for the year under this Part and of the taxpayer’s tax payable for the year under Parts IV, IV.1, VI and VI.1, on the date on or before which each payment is required to be made, an amount equal to the lesser of

(a)  the amount by which the amount determined under the first paragraph for the year exceeds the aggregate of all amounts each of which is the portion of that amount that can reasonably be considered to be deemed to have been paid to the Minister under this paragraph in the year but before that date; and

(b)  the amount by which the amount of that payment, determined without reference to this chapter, exceeds the aggregate of all amounts each of which is an amount that is deemed, under this chapter but otherwise than under the first paragraph, to have been paid to the Minister on that date, for the purpose of computing that payment.

The conditions to which the first paragraph refers in respect of the parties to the agreement referred to in that paragraph are as follows:

(a)  the agreement must include at least two parties who are not public partners;

(b)  at least two parties who are not public partners were dealing with each other at arm’s length throughout a fiscal period referred to in the first paragraph that ended after 13 March 2008; and

(c)  no party who is not a public partner is related to a public partner throughout a fiscal period referred to in the first paragraph that ended after 13 March 2008.

The documents to which the first paragraph refers are the following:

(a)  the prescribed form containing prescribed information; and

(b)  a copy of the valid qualification certificate issued by the Minister of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology for the purposes of this division.

2007, c. 12, s. 122; 2009, c. 15, s. 211; 2013, c. 28, s. 141; 2015, c. 21, s. 399.

2014-01-05

1029.8.16.1.5. If a particular partnership carries on a business in Canada and has entered into an agreement under which the parties agree to undertake scientific research and experimental development related to a business of the particular partnership, in Québec, or cause such research and development to be undertaken in Québec on their behalf as part of a contract, other than an excluded contract, each taxpayer who is a member of the particular partnership at the end of a fiscal period of the particular partnership in which the research and development was undertaken and who is not a public partner, a tax-exempt taxpayer within the meaning of paragraph b.1 of section 1029.8.1 or a specified member of the particular partnership in that fiscal period, is deemed, subject to the second paragraph, to have paid to the Minister, on the taxpayer’s balance-due day for the taxpayer’s taxation year in which that fiscal period ends, on account of the taxpayer’s tax payable for that year under this Part, if the conditions set out in the third paragraph are satisfied in respect of the parties to the agreement and if the taxpayer encloses the documents described in the fourth paragraph with the fiscal return the taxpayer is required to file under section 1000 for that year, or would be required to file if tax were payable under this Part by the taxpayer, 35% of the taxpayer’s share of an amount equal to the aggregate of

(a)  all or part of a qualified expenditure the particular partnership has made in Québec that can reasonably be attributed to such research and development directly undertaken by the particular partnership in that fiscal period;

(b)  all or part of a qualified expenditure the particular partnership has made in Québec under a contract entered into with a person or another partnership with which a member of the particular partnership was not dealing at arm’s length at the time the contract was entered into, that can reasonably be attributed to such research and development directly undertaken by the person or the other partnership on behalf of the particular partnership in that fiscal period; and

(c)  80% of an amount representing all or part of a qualified expenditure the particular partnership has made in Québec under a contract entered into with a person or another partnership with which all the members of the particular partnership were dealing at arm’s length at the time the contract was entered into, that can reasonably be attributed to such research and development directly undertaken by the person or the other partnership on behalf of the particular partnership in that fiscal period.

For the purpose of computing the payments that a taxpayer is required to make under section 1025 or 1026, subparagraph a of the first paragraph of section 1027, or any of sections 1145, 1159.7, 1175 and 1175.19 where they refer to that subparagraph a, the taxpayer is deemed to have paid to the Minister, on account of the aggregate of the taxpayer’s tax payable for the year under this Part and of the taxpayer’s tax payable for the year under Parts IV, IV.1, VI and VI.1, on the date on or before which each payment is required to be made, an amount equal to the lesser of

(a)  the amount by which the amount determined under the first paragraph for the year exceeds the aggregate of all amounts each of which is the portion of that amount that can reasonably be considered to be deemed to have been paid to the Minister under this paragraph in the year but before that date; and

(b)  the amount by which the amount of that payment, determined without reference to this chapter, exceeds the aggregate of all amounts each of which is an amount that is deemed, under this chapter but otherwise than under the first paragraph, to have been paid to the Minister on that date, for the purpose of computing that payment.

The conditions to which the first paragraph refers in respect of the parties to the agreement referred to in that paragraph are as follows:

(a)  the agreement must include at least two parties who are not public partners;

(b)  at least two parties who are not public partners were dealing with each other at arm’s length throughout a fiscal period referred to in the first paragraph that ended after 13 March 2008; and

(c)  no party who is not a public partner is related to a public partner throughout a fiscal period referred to in the first paragraph that ended after 13 March 2008.

The documents to which the first paragraph refers are the following:

(a)  the prescribed form containing prescribed information; and

(b)  a copy of the valid qualification certificate issued by the Minister of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology for the purposes of this division.

2007, c. 12, s. 122; 2009, c. 15, s. 211; 2013, c. 28, s. 141.

2009-06-04

1029.8.16.1.5. If a particular partnership carries on a business in Canada and has entered into an agreement under which the parties agree to undertake scientific research and experimental development related to a business of the particular partnership, in Québec, or cause such research and development to be undertaken in Québec on their behalf as part of a contract, other than an excluded contract, each taxpayer who is a member of the particular partnership at the end of a fiscal period of the particular partnership in which the research and development was undertaken and who is not a public partner, a tax-exempt taxpayer within the meaning of paragraph b.1 of section 1029.8.1 or a specified member of the particular partnership in that fiscal period, is deemed, subject to the second paragraph, to have paid to the Minister, on the taxpayer’s balance-due day for the taxpayer’s taxation year in which that fiscal period ends, on account of the taxpayer’s tax payable for that year under this Part, if the conditions set out in the third paragraph are satisfied in respect of the parties to the agreement and if the taxpayer encloses the documents described in the fourth paragraph with the fiscal return the taxpayer is required to file under section 1000 for that year, or would be required to file if tax were payable under this Part by the taxpayer, 35% of the taxpayer’s share of an amount equal to the aggregate of

(a)  all or part of a qualified expenditure the particular partnership has made in Québec that can reasonably be attributed to such research and development directly undertaken by the particular partnership in that fiscal period;

(b)  all or part of a qualified expenditure the particular partnership has made in Québec under a contract entered into with a person or another partnership with which a member of the particular partnership was not dealing at arm’s length at the time the contract was entered into, that can reasonably be attributed to such research and development directly undertaken by the person or the other partnership on behalf of the particular partnership in that fiscal period; and

(c)  80% of an amount representing all or part of a qualified expenditure the particular partnership has made in Québec under a contract entered into with a person or another partnership with which all the members of the particular partnership were dealing at arm’s length at the time the contract was entered into, that can reasonably be attributed to such research and development directly undertaken by the person or the other partnership on behalf of the particular partnership in that fiscal period.

For the purpose of computing the payments that a taxpayer is required to make under section 1025 or 1026, subparagraph a of the first paragraph of section 1027, or any of sections 1145, 1159.7, 1175 and 1175.19 where they refer to that subparagraph a, the taxpayer is deemed to have paid to the Minister, on account of the aggregate of the taxpayer’s tax payable for the year under this Part and of the taxpayer’s tax payable for the year under Parts IV, IV.1, VI and VI.1, on the date on or before which each payment is required to be made, an amount equal to the lesser of

(a)  the amount by which the amount determined under the first paragraph for the year exceeds the aggregate of all amounts each of which is the portion of that amount that can reasonably be considered to be deemed to have been paid to the Minister under this paragraph in the year but before that date; and

(b)  the amount by which the amount of that payment, determined without reference to this chapter, exceeds the aggregate of all amounts each of which is an amount that is deemed, under this chapter but otherwise than under the first paragraph, to have been paid to the Minister on that date, for the purpose of computing that payment.

The conditions to which the first paragraph refers in respect of the parties to the agreement referred to in that paragraph are as follows:

(a)  the agreement must include at least two parties who are not public partners;

(b)  at least two parties who are not public partners were dealing with each other at arm’s length throughout a fiscal period referred to in the first paragraph that ended after 13 March 2008; and

(c)  no party who is not a public partner is related to a public partner throughout a fiscal period referred to in the first paragraph that ended after 13 March 2008.

The documents to which the first paragraph refers are the following:

(a)  the prescribed form containing prescribed information; and

(b)  a copy of the valid qualification certificate issued by the Minister of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade for the purposes of this division.

2007, c. 12, s. 122; 2009, c. 15, s. 211.

2007-11-07

1029.8.16.1.5. If a particular partnership carries on a business in Canada and has entered into an agreement under which the parties agree to undertake scientific research and experimental development related to a business of the particular partnership, in Québec, or cause such research and development to be undertaken in Québec on their behalf as part of a contract, each taxpayer who is a member of the particular partnership at the end of a fiscal period of the particular partnership in which the research and development was undertaken, who is not a tax-exempt taxpayer within the meaning of paragraph b.1 of section 1029.8.1 or a specified member of the particular partnership in that fiscal period, is deemed, subject to the second paragraph, to have paid to the Minister, on the taxpayer’s balance-due day for the taxpayer’s taxation year in which that fiscal period ends, on account of the taxpayer’s tax payable for that year under this Part, if the taxpayer encloses the prescribed form containing the prescribed information with the fiscal return the taxpayer is required to file under section 1000 for that taxation year, or would be required to file if tax were payable under this Part by the taxpayer, and if no party to the agreement is an excluded partner at any time in that fiscal period within the period that begins on the date on which the agreement was entered into, 35% of the taxpayer’s share of an amount equal to the aggregate of

(a)  all or part of a qualified expenditure the particular partnership has made in Québec that can reasonably be attributed to such research and development directly undertaken by the particular partnership in that fiscal period;

(b)  all or part of a qualified expenditure the particular partnership has made in Québec under a contract entered into with a person or another partnership with which a member of the particular partnership was not dealing at arm’s length at the time the contract was entered into, that can reasonably be attributed to such research and development directly undertaken by the person or the other partnership on behalf of the particular partnership in that fiscal period; and

(c)  80% of an amount representing all or part of a qualified expenditure the particular partnership has made in Québec under a contract entered into with a person or another partnership with which all the members of the particular partnership were dealing at arm’s length at the time the contract was entered into, that can reasonably be attributed to such research and development directly undertaken by the person or the other partnership on behalf of the particular partnership in that fiscal period.

For the purpose of computing the payments that a taxpayer is required to make under section 1025 or 1026, subparagraph a of the first paragraph of section 1027, or any of sections 1145, 1159.7, 1175 and 1175.19 where they refer to that subparagraph a, the taxpayer is deemed to have paid to the Minister, on account of the aggregate of the taxpayer’s tax payable for the year under this Part and of the taxpayer’s tax payable for the year under Parts IV, IV.1, VI and VI.1, on the date on or before which each payment is required to be made, an amount equal to the lesser of

(a)  the amount by which the amount determined under the first paragraph for the year exceeds the aggregate of all amounts each of which is the portion of that amount that can reasonably be considered to be deemed to have been paid to the Minister under this paragraph in the year but before that date; and

(b)  the amount by which the amount of that payment, determined without reference to this chapter, exceeds the aggregate of all amounts each of which is an amount that is deemed, under this chapter but otherwise than under the first paragraph, to have been paid to the Minister on that date, for the purpose of computing that payment.

2007, c. 12, s. 122.