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Section 1029.8.36.0.3.88 Disposition versions

2024-05-07

1029.8.36.0.3.88. In this division,

“eligibility period” means the period that begins on 28 March 2018 and ends on 31 December 2024;

“eligible digital conversion activity” that relates to an eligible media means an activity (other than an excluded activity) that

(a)  is an information system development activity, a technological infrastructure integration activity, or an activity relating to the maintenance or upgrade of such a system or infrastructure that is incidental to such a development or integration activity, as the case may be, including an interactive decision aid development activity or a tool providing an image of the current state of the eligible media publishing business for data analysis purposes, but excluding any activity using such an aid or tool on a day-to-day basis; and

(b)  is directly related to the start or continuation of the digital conversion of the eligible media;

“eligible digital conversion contract” to which a corporation or a partnership is a party means a contract in respect of which a certificate has been issued to the corporation or partnership for the purposes of this division;

“eligible digital conversion costs” of a corporation or a partnership for a taxation year or a fiscal period, as the case may be, means the total of

(a)  the aggregate of all amounts each of which is the qualified wages incurred by the corporation in the year, or by the partnership in the fiscal period, in respect of an eligible employee of the corporation or partnership for all or part of the year or fiscal period, to the extent that such wages are paid; and

(b)  the aggregate of all amounts each of which is a qualified expenditure of the corporation for the year, or of the partnership for the fiscal period, in respect of an eligible digital conversion contract to which it is a party, to the extent that the amount of the costs composing such an expenditure are paid;

“eligible employee” of a corporation or a partnership for all or part of a taxation year or fiscal period, as the case may be, means an individual in respect of whom the following conditions are met:

(a)  in all or part of the year or fiscal period, the individual is an employee of the corporation or partnership (other than an excluded employee) who reports for work at an establishment of the corporation or partnership situated in Québec; and

(b)  a certificate has been issued, for the purposes of this division, to the corporation or partnership, for the year or fiscal period, according to which the individual is recognized as an eligible employee for all or part of the year or fiscal period;

“eligible media” of a corporation or a partnership, for a taxation year or a fiscal period, as the case may be, means a media whose name is specified in a certificate that has been issued, for the purposes of this division, to the corporation or partnership for the year or fiscal period;

“eligible right of use” attributed to a corporation or a partnership, in relation to a property of another person or partnership, means a right of use or licence that is granted to the corporation or partnership in relation to the property, under an eligible digital conversion contract, and that is attributable, in whole or in part, to the carrying out of eligible digital conversion activities relating to an eligible media of the corporation or partnership and relates to an establishment of the corporation or partnership situated in Québec in which the eligible media is produced or from which it is disseminated;

“eligible services” supplied to a corporation or a partnership means the services that another person or partnership renders to the corporation or partnership, under an eligible digital conversion contract, and in respect of which the following conditions are met:

(a)  the services consist in eligible digital conversion activities that relate, in whole or in part, to an eligible media of the corporation or partnership and to an establishment of the corporation or partnership situated in Québec in which the eligible media is produced or from which it is disseminated; and

(b)  the services may reasonably be attributed to the wages that the other person or partnership has incurred and paid in respect of its employees of an establishment situated in Québec or could be so attributed if the other person or partnership had such employees;

“excluded activity” means

(a)  the management or operation of a computer system, an application or a technological infrastructure;

(b)  the operation of a customer relations management service;

(c)  the management or operation of a marketing information system designed to raise the visibility of the eligible media and promote it to an existing or potential clientele; and

(d)  any other management or operation activity carried on to produce or disseminate the eligible media;

“excluded corporation” for a taxation year means

(a)  a corporation that is exempt from tax for the year under Book VIII, other than a corporation exempt from tax under section 985.26.3; or

(b)  a corporation that would be exempt from tax for the year under section 985, but for section 192;

“excluded employee” in all or part of a taxation year of a corporation, or of a fiscal period of a partnership, means

(a)  where the employer is a corporation, an employee who is a specified shareholder of the corporation in the year; or

(b)  where the employer is a partnership, an employee who is a specified shareholder of a member of the partnership in the member’s taxation year in which the fiscal period ends, or an employee who does not deal at arm’s length with a member of the partnership or with such a specified shareholder at any time in the fiscal period;

“qualified corporation” for a taxation year means a corporation (other than an excluded corporation) that, in the year

(a)  carries on a business in Québec and has an establishment in Québec; and

(b)  produces and disseminates one or more eligible media;

“qualified expenditure” of a corporation or a partnership, for a taxation year or a fiscal period, in respect of an eligible digital conversion contract to which it is a party, means 80% of the aggregate of all amounts each of which is the costs provided for in the contract and incurred by the corporation or partnership, in all or part of the year or fiscal period, as the case may be, that is included in the eligibility period for the acquisition or lease of a qualified property, the supply of eligible services or the attribution of an eligible right of use, to the extent that those costs are reasonably attributable to eligible digital conversion activities that relate to an eligible media of the corporation or partnership for the year or fiscal period;

“qualified partnership” for a fiscal period means a partnership that, in the fiscal period

(a)  carries on a business in Québec and has an establishment in Québec; and

(b)  produces and disseminates one or more eligible media;

“qualified property” acquired or leased by a corporation or a partnership means a property in respect of which the following conditions are met:

(a)  the property is acquired or leased by the corporation or partnership under an eligible digital conversion contract;

(b)  before being acquired or leased by the corporation or partnership, the property has not been used for any purpose whatsoever nor acquired for use or lease for a purpose other than its lease to the corporation or partnership;

(c)  the corporation or partnership begins to use the property within a reasonable time after its acquisition or the beginning of its lease; and

(d)  the property is used exclusively or almost exclusively by the corporation or partnership, on the one hand, to carry out eligible digital conversion activities that relate, in whole or in part, to an eligible media of the corporation or partnership and, on the other hand, in an establishment of the corporation or partnership situated in Québec in which the eligible media is produced or from which it is disseminated;

“qualified wages” incurred by a corporation in a taxation year, or by a partnership in a fiscal period, in respect of an eligible employee, means the wages incurred by the corporation or partnership, in all or part of the year or fiscal period, as the case may be, that is included in the eligibility period, in respect of the individual where the individual is recognized as an eligible employee of the corporation or partnership, to the extent that the wages may reasonably be attributed to eligible digital conversion activities relating to an eligible media of the corporation or partnership for the year or fiscal period;

“wages” means the income computed under Chapters I and II of Title II of Book III.

For the purposes of the definition of “qualified expenditure” in the first paragraph, the following rules are taken into account:

(a)  costs provided for in an eligible digital conversion contract that are incurred for the acquisition of a qualified property may be included in the aggregate of the amounts described in that definition only if the property is acquired before 1 January 2024 and if they are costs included in computing the capital cost of the property, otherwise than under section 180 or 182; and

(b)  costs provided for in an eligible digital conversion contract that are incurred for the lease of a qualified property may be included in the aggregate of the amounts described in that definition only to the extent that they are deductible in computing the income of the corporation or partnership under this Part.

For the purposes of the definition of “eligible employee” in the first paragraph, the following rules are taken into account:

(a)  where, during all or part of a taxation year or fiscal period, an employee reports for work at an establishment of a corporation or partnership situated in Québec and at an establishment of the corporation or partnership situated outside Québec, the employee is deemed, for that period,

i.  unless subparagraph ii applies, to report for work only at the establishment situated in Québec, or

ii.  to report for work only at the establishment situated outside Québec if, during that period, the employee reports for work mainly at an establishment of the corporation or partnership situated outside Québec; and

(b)  where, during all or part of a taxation year or fiscal period, an employee is not required to report for work at an establishment of a corporation or partnership and the employee’s wages in relation to that period are paid from such an establishment situated in Québec, the employee is deemed to report for work at that establishment if the duties performed by the employee during that period are performed mainly in Québec.

2019, c. 14, s. 332; 2021, c. 14, s. 136; 2021, c. 36, s. 115; 2024, c. 11, s. 113.

2021-12-10

1029.8.36.0.3.88. In this division,

“eligibility period” means the period that begins on 28 March 2018 and ends on 31 December 2023;

“eligible digital conversion activity” that relates to an eligible media means an activity (other than an excluded activity) that

(a)  is an information system development activity, a technological infrastructure integration activity, or an activity relating to the maintenance or upgrade of such a system or infrastructure that is incidental to such a development or integration activity, as the case may be, including an interactive decision aid development activity or a tool providing an image of the current state of the eligible media publishing business for data analysis purposes, but excluding any activity using such an aid or tool on a day-to-day basis; and

(b)  is directly related to the start or continuation of the digital conversion of the eligible media;

“eligible digital conversion contract” to which a corporation or a partnership is a party means a contract in respect of which a certificate has been issued to the corporation or partnership for the purposes of this division;

“eligible digital conversion costs” of a corporation or a partnership for a taxation year or a fiscal period, as the case may be, means the total of

(a)  the aggregate of all amounts each of which is the qualified wages incurred by the corporation in the year, or by the partnership in the fiscal period, in respect of an eligible employee of the corporation or partnership for all or part of the year or fiscal period, to the extent that such wages are paid; and

(b)  the aggregate of all amounts each of which is a qualified expenditure of the corporation for the year, or of the partnership for the fiscal period, in respect of an eligible digital conversion contract to which it is a party, to the extent that the amount of the costs composing such an expenditure are paid;

“eligible employee” of a corporation or a partnership for all or part of a taxation year or fiscal period, as the case may be, means an individual in respect of whom the following conditions are met:

(a)  in all or part of the year or fiscal period, the individual is an employee of the corporation or partnership (other than an excluded employee) who reports for work at an establishment of the corporation or partnership situated in Québec; and

(b)  a certificate has been issued, for the purposes of this division, to the corporation or partnership, for the year or fiscal period, according to which the individual is recognized as an eligible employee for all or part of the year or fiscal period;

“eligible media” of a corporation or a partnership, for a taxation year or a fiscal period, as the case may be, means a media whose name is specified in a certificate that has been issued, for the purposes of this division, to the corporation or partnership for the year or fiscal period;

“eligible right of use” attributed to a corporation or a partnership, in relation to a property of another person or partnership, means a right of use or licence that is granted to the corporation or partnership in relation to the property, under an eligible digital conversion contract, and that is attributable, in whole or in part, to the carrying out of eligible digital conversion activities relating to an eligible media of the corporation or partnership and relates to an establishment of the corporation or partnership situated in Québec in which the eligible media is produced or from which it is disseminated;

“eligible services” supplied to a corporation or a partnership means the services that another person or partnership renders to the corporation or partnership, under an eligible digital conversion contract, and in respect of which the following conditions are met:

(a)  the services consist in eligible digital conversion activities that relate, in whole or in part, to an eligible media of the corporation or partnership and to an establishment of the corporation or partnership situated in Québec in which the eligible media is produced or from which it is disseminated; and

(b)  the services may reasonably be attributed to the wages that the other person or partnership has incurred and paid in respect of its employees of an establishment situated in Québec or could be so attributed if the other person or partnership had such employees;

“excluded activity” means

(a)  the management or operation of a computer system, an application or a technological infrastructure;

(b)  the operation of a customer relations management service;

(c)  the management or operation of a marketing information system designed to raise the visibility of the eligible media and promote it to an existing or potential clientele; and

(d)  any other management or operation activity carried on to produce or disseminate the eligible media;

“excluded corporation” for a taxation year means

(a)  a corporation that is exempt from tax for the year under Book VIII, other than a corporation exempt from tax under section 985.26.3; or

(b)  a corporation that would be exempt from tax for the year under section 985, but for section 192;

“excluded employee” in all or part of a taxation year of a corporation, or of a fiscal period of a partnership, means

(a)  where the employer is a corporation, an employee who is a specified shareholder of the corporation in the year; or

(b)  where the employer is a partnership, an employee who is a specified shareholder of a member of the partnership in the member’s taxation year in which the fiscal period ends, or an employee who does not deal at arm’s length with a member of the partnership or with such a specified shareholder at any time in the fiscal period;

“qualified corporation” for a taxation year means a corporation (other than an excluded corporation) that, in the year

(a)  carries on a business in Québec and has an establishment in Québec; and

(b)  produces and disseminates one or more eligible media;

“qualified expenditure” of a corporation or a partnership, for a taxation year or a fiscal period, in respect of an eligible digital conversion contract to which it is a party, means 80% of the aggregate of all amounts each of which is the costs provided for in the contract and incurred by the corporation or partnership, in all or part of the year or fiscal period, as the case may be, that is included in the eligibility period for the acquisition or lease of a qualified property, the supply of eligible services or the attribution of an eligible right of use, to the extent that those costs are reasonably attributable to eligible digital conversion activities that relate to an eligible media of the corporation or partnership for the year or fiscal period;

“qualified partnership” for a fiscal period means a partnership that, in the fiscal period

(a)  carries on a business in Québec and has an establishment in Québec; and

(b)  produces and disseminates one or more eligible media;

“qualified property” acquired or leased by a corporation or a partnership means a property in respect of which the following conditions are met:

(a)  the property is acquired or leased by the corporation or partnership under an eligible digital conversion contract;

(b)  before being acquired or leased by the corporation or partnership, the property has not been used for any purpose whatsoever nor acquired for use or lease for a purpose other than its lease to the corporation or partnership;

(c)  the corporation or partnership begins to use the property within a reasonable time after its acquisition or the beginning of its lease; and

(d)  the property is used exclusively or almost exclusively by the corporation or partnership, on the one hand, to carry out eligible digital conversion activities that relate, in whole or in part, to an eligible media of the corporation or partnership and, on the other hand, in an establishment of the corporation or partnership situated in Québec in which the eligible media is produced or from which it is disseminated;

“qualified wages” incurred by a corporation in a taxation year, or by a partnership in a fiscal period, in respect of an eligible employee, means the wages incurred by the corporation or partnership, in all or part of the year or fiscal period, as the case may be, that is included in the eligibility period, in respect of the individual where the individual is recognized as an eligible employee of the corporation or partnership, to the extent that the wages may reasonably be attributed to eligible digital conversion activities relating to an eligible media of the corporation or partnership for the year or fiscal period;

“wages” means the income computed under Chapters I and II of Title II of Book III.

For the purposes of the definition of “qualified expenditure” in the first paragraph, the following rules are taken into account:

(a)  costs provided for in an eligible digital conversion contract that are incurred for the acquisition of a qualified property may be included in the aggregate of the amounts described in that definition only if the property is acquired before 1 January 2023 and if they are costs included in computing the capital cost of the property, otherwise than under section 180 or 182; and

(b)  costs provided for in an eligible digital conversion contract that are incurred for the lease of a qualified property may be included in the aggregate of the amounts described in that definition only to the extent that they are deductible in computing the income of the corporation or partnership under this Part.

For the purposes of the definition of “eligible employee” in the first paragraph, the following rules are taken into account:

(a)  where, during all or part of a taxation year or fiscal period, an employee reports for work at an establishment of a corporation or partnership situated in Québec and at an establishment of the corporation or partnership situated outside Québec, the employee is deemed, for that period,

i.  unless subparagraph ii applies, to report for work only at the establishment situated in Québec, or

ii.  to report for work only at the establishment situated outside Québec if, during that period, the employee reports for work mainly at an establishment of the corporation or partnership situated outside Québec; and

(b)  where, during all or part of a taxation year or fiscal period, an employee is not required to report for work at an establishment of a corporation or partnership and the employee’s wages in relation to that period are paid from such an establishment situated in Québec, the employee is deemed to report for work at that establishment if the duties performed by the employee during that period are performed mainly in Québec.

2019, c. 14, s. 332; 2021, c. 14, s. 136; 2021, c. 36, s. 115.

2021-06-02

1029.8.36.0.3.88. In this division,

“eligibility period” means the period that begins on 28 March 2018 and ends on 31 December 2023;

“eligible digital conversion activity” that relates to an eligible media means an activity (other than an excluded activity) that

(a)  is an information system development activity, a technological infrastructure integration activity, or an activity relating to the maintenance or upgrade of such a system or infrastructure that is incidental to such a development or integration activity, as the case may be, including an interactive decision aid development activity or a tool providing an image of the current state of the eligible media publishing business for data analysis purposes, but excluding any activity using such an aid or tool on a day-to-day basis; and

(b)  is directly related to the start or continuation of the digital conversion of the eligible media;

“eligible digital conversion contract” to which a corporation or a partnership is a party means a contract in respect of which a certificate has been issued to the corporation or partnership for the purposes of this division;

“eligible digital conversion costs” of a corporation or a partnership for a taxation year or a fiscal period, as the case may be, means the total of

(a)  the aggregate of all amounts each of which is the qualified wages incurred by the corporation in the year, or by the partnership in the fiscal period, in respect of an eligible employee of the corporation or partnership for all or part of the year or fiscal period, to the extent that such wages are paid; and

(b)  the aggregate of all amounts each of which is a qualified expenditure of the corporation for the year, or of the partnership for the fiscal period, in respect of an eligible digital conversion contract to which it is a party, to the extent that the amount of the costs composing such an expenditure are paid;

“eligible employee” of a corporation or a partnership for all or part of a taxation year or fiscal period, as the case may be, means an individual in respect of whom the following conditions are met:

(a)  in all or part of the year or fiscal period, the individual is an employee of the corporation or partnership (other than an excluded employee) who reports for work at an establishment of the corporation or partnership situated in Québec; and

(b)  a certificate has been issued, for the purposes of this division, to the corporation or partnership, for the year or fiscal period, according to which the individual is recognized as an eligible employee for all or part of the year or fiscal period;

“eligible media” of a corporation or a partnership, for a taxation year or a fiscal period, as the case may be, means a media whose name is specified in a certificate that has been issued, for the purposes of this division, to the corporation or partnership for the year or fiscal period;

“eligible right of use” attributed to a corporation or a partnership, in relation to a property of another person or partnership, means a right of use or licence that is granted to the corporation or partnership in relation to the property, under an eligible digital conversion contract, and that is attributable, in whole or in part, to the carrying out of eligible digital conversion activities relating to an eligible media of the corporation or partnership and relates to an establishment of the corporation or partnership situated in Québec in which the eligible media is produced or from which it is disseminated;

“eligible services” supplied to a corporation or a partnership means the services that another person or partnership renders to the corporation or partnership, under an eligible digital conversion contract, and in respect of which the following conditions are met:

(a)  the services consist in eligible digital conversion activities that relate, in whole or in part, to an eligible media of the corporation or partnership and to an establishment of the corporation or partnership situated in Québec in which the eligible media is produced or from which it is disseminated; and

(b)  the services may reasonably be attributed to the wages that the other person or partnership has incurred and paid in respect of its employees of an establishment situated in Québec or could be so attributed if the other person or partnership had such employees;

“excluded activity” means

(a)  the management or operation of a computer system, an application or a technological infrastructure;

(b)  the operation of a customer relations management service;

(c)  the management or operation of a marketing information system designed to raise the visibility of the eligible media and promote it to an existing or potential clientele; and

(d)  any other management or operation activity carried on to produce or disseminate the eligible media;

“excluded corporation” for a taxation year means

(a)  a corporation that is exempt from tax for the year under Book VIII; or

(b)  a corporation that would be exempt from tax for the year under section 985, but for section 192;

“excluded employee” in all or part of a taxation year of a corporation, or of a fiscal period of a partnership, means

(a)  where the employer is a corporation, an employee who is a specified shareholder of the corporation in the year; or

(b)  where the employer is a partnership, an employee who is a specified shareholder of a member of the partnership in the member’s taxation year in which the fiscal period ends, or an employee who does not deal at arm’s length with a member of the partnership or with such a specified shareholder at any time in the fiscal period;

“qualified corporation” for a taxation year means a corporation (other than an excluded corporation) that, in the year

(a)  carries on a business in Québec and has an establishment in Québec; and

(b)  produces and disseminates one or more eligible media;

“qualified expenditure” of a corporation or a partnership, for a taxation year or a fiscal period, in respect of an eligible digital conversion contract to which it is a party, means 80% of the aggregate of all amounts each of which is the costs provided for in the contract and incurred by the corporation or partnership, in all or part of the year or fiscal period, as the case may be, that is included in the eligibility period for the acquisition or lease of a qualified property, the supply of eligible services or the attribution of an eligible right of use, to the extent that those costs are reasonably attributable to eligible digital conversion activities that relate to an eligible media of the corporation or partnership for the year or fiscal period;

“qualified partnership” for a fiscal period means a partnership that, in the fiscal period

(a)  carries on a business in Québec and has an establishment in Québec; and

(b)  produces and disseminates one or more eligible media;

“qualified property” acquired or leased by a corporation or a partnership means a property in respect of which the following conditions are met:

(a)  the property is acquired or leased by the corporation or partnership under an eligible digital conversion contract;

(b)  before being acquired or leased by the corporation or partnership, the property has not been used for any purpose whatsoever nor acquired for use or lease for a purpose other than its lease to the corporation or partnership;

(c)  the corporation or partnership begins to use the property within a reasonable time after its acquisition or the beginning of its lease; and

(d)  the property is used exclusively or almost exclusively by the corporation or partnership, on the one hand, to carry out eligible digital conversion activities that relate, in whole or in part, to an eligible media of the corporation or partnership and, on the other hand, in an establishment of the corporation or partnership situated in Québec in which the eligible media is produced or from which it is disseminated;

“qualified wages” incurred by a corporation in a taxation year, or by a partnership in a fiscal period, in respect of an eligible employee, means the wages incurred by the corporation or partnership, in all or part of the year or fiscal period, as the case may be, that is included in the eligibility period, in respect of the individual where the individual is recognized as an eligible employee of the corporation or partnership, to the extent that the wages may reasonably be attributed to eligible digital conversion activities relating to an eligible media of the corporation or partnership for the year or fiscal period;

“wages” means the income computed under Chapters I and II of Title II of Book III.

For the purposes of the definition of “qualified expenditure” in the first paragraph, the following rules are taken into account:

(a)  costs provided for in an eligible digital conversion contract that are incurred for the acquisition of a qualified property may be included in the aggregate of the amounts described in that definition only if the property is acquired before 1 January 2023 and if they are costs included in computing the capital cost of the property, otherwise than under section 180 or 182; and

(b)  costs provided for in an eligible digital conversion contract that are incurred for the lease of a qualified property may be included in the aggregate of the amounts described in that definition only to the extent that they are deductible in computing the income of the corporation or partnership under this Part.

For the purposes of the definition of “eligible employee” in the first paragraph, the following rules are taken into account:

(a)  where, during all or part of a taxation year or fiscal period, an employee reports for work at an establishment of a corporation or partnership situated in Québec and at an establishment of the corporation or partnership situated outside Québec, the employee is deemed, for that period,

i.  unless subparagraph ii applies, to report for work only at the establishment situated in Québec, or

ii.  to report for work only at the establishment situated outside Québec if, during that period, the employee reports for work mainly at an establishment of the corporation or partnership situated outside Québec; and

(b)  where, during all or part of a taxation year or fiscal period, an employee is not required to report for work at an establishment of a corporation or partnership and the employee’s wages in relation to that period are paid from such an establishment situated in Québec, the employee is deemed to report for work at that establishment if the duties performed by the employee during that period are performed mainly in Québec.

2019, c. 14, s. 332; 2021, c. 14, s. 136.

2019-06-19

1029.8.36.0.3.88. In this division,

“eligibility period” means the period that begins on 28 March 2018 and ends on 31 December 2022;

“eligible digital conversion activity” that relates to an eligible media means an activity (other than an excluded activity) that

(a)  is an information system development activity, a technological infrastructure integration activity, or an activity relating to the maintenance or upgrade of such a system or infrastructure that is incidental to such a development or integration activity, as the case may be, including an interactive decision aid development activity or a tool providing an image of the current state of the eligible media publishing business for data analysis purposes, but excluding any activity using such an aid or tool on a day-to-day basis; and

(b)  is directly related to the start or continuation of the digital conversion of the eligible media;

“eligible digital conversion contract” to which a corporation or a partnership is a party means a contract in respect of which a certificate has been issued to the corporation or partnership for the purposes of this division;

“eligible digital conversion costs” of a corporation or a partnership for a taxation year or a fiscal period, as the case may be, means the total of

(a)  the aggregate of all amounts each of which is the qualified wages incurred by the corporation in the year, or by the partnership in the fiscal period, in respect of an eligible employee of the corporation or partnership for all or part of the year or fiscal period, to the extent that such wages are paid; and

(b)  the aggregate of all amounts each of which is a qualified expenditure of the corporation for the year, or of the partnership for the fiscal period, in respect of an eligible digital conversion contract to which it is a party, to the extent that the amount of the costs composing such an expenditure are paid;

“eligible employee” of a corporation or a partnership for all or part of a taxation year or fiscal period, as the case may be, means an individual in respect of whom the following conditions are met:

(a)  in all or part of the year or fiscal period, the individual is an employee of the corporation or partnership (other than an excluded employee) who reports for work at an establishment of the corporation or partnership situated in Québec; and

(b)  a certificate has been issued, for the purposes of this division, to the corporation or partnership, for the year or fiscal period, according to which the individual is recognized as an eligible employee for all or part of the year or fiscal period;

“eligible media” of a corporation or a partnership, for a taxation year or a fiscal period, as the case may be, means a media whose name is specified in a certificate that has been issued, for the purposes of this division, to the corporation or partnership for the year or fiscal period;

“eligible right of use” attributed to a corporation or a partnership, in relation to a property of another person or partnership, means a right of use or licence that is granted to the corporation or partnership in relation to the property, under an eligible digital conversion contract, and that is attributable, in whole or in part, to the carrying out of eligible digital conversion activities relating to an eligible media of the corporation or partnership and relates to an establishment of the corporation or partnership situated in Québec in which the eligible media is produced or from which it is disseminated;

“eligible services” supplied to a corporation or a partnership means the services that another person or partnership renders to the corporation or partnership, under an eligible digital conversion contract, and in respect of which the following conditions are met:

(a)  the services consist in eligible digital conversion activities that relate, in whole or in part, to an eligible media of the corporation or partnership and to an establishment of the corporation or partnership situated in Québec in which the eligible media is produced or from which it is disseminated; and

(b)  the services may reasonably be attributed to the wages that the other person or partnership has incurred and paid in respect of its employees of an establishment situated in Québec or could be so attributed if the other person or partnership had such employees;

“excluded activity” means

(a)  the management or operation of a computer system, an application or a technological infrastructure;

(b)  the operation of a customer relations management service;

(c)  the management or operation of a marketing information system designed to raise the visibility of the eligible media and promote it to an existing or potential clientele; and

(d)  any other management or operation activity carried on to produce or disseminate the eligible media;

“excluded corporation” for a taxation year means

(a)  a corporation that is exempt from tax for the year under Book VIII; or

(b)  a corporation that would be exempt from tax for the year under section 985, but for section 192;

“excluded employee” in all or part of a taxation year of a corporation, or of a fiscal period of a partnership, means

(a)  where the employer is a corporation, an employee who is a specified shareholder of the corporation in the year; or

(b)  where the employer is a partnership, an employee who is a specified shareholder of a member of the partnership in the member’s taxation year in which the fiscal period ends, or an employee who does not deal at arm’s length with a member of the partnership or with such a specified shareholder at any time in the fiscal period;

“qualified corporation” for a taxation year means a corporation (other than an excluded corporation) that, in the year

(a)  carries on a business in Québec and has an establishment in Québec; and

(b)  produces and disseminates one or more eligible media;

“qualified expenditure” of a corporation or a partnership, for a taxation year or a fiscal period, in respect of an eligible digital conversion contract to which it is a party, means 80% of the aggregate of all amounts each of which is the costs provided for in the contract and incurred by the corporation or partnership, in all or part of the year or fiscal period, as the case may be, that is included in the eligibility period for the acquisition or lease of a qualified property, the supply of eligible services or the attribution of an eligible right of use, to the extent that those costs are reasonably attributable to eligible digital conversion activities that relate to an eligible media of the corporation or partnership for the year or fiscal period;

“qualified partnership” for a fiscal period means a partnership that, in the fiscal period

(a)  carries on a business in Québec and has an establishment in Québec; and

(b)  produces and disseminates one or more eligible media;

“qualified property” acquired or leased by a corporation or a partnership means a property in respect of which the following conditions are met:

(a)  the property is acquired or leased by the corporation or partnership under an eligible digital conversion contract;

(b)  before being acquired or leased by the corporation or partnership, the property has not been used for any purpose whatsoever nor acquired for use or lease for a purpose other than its lease to the corporation or partnership;

(c)  the corporation or partnership begins to use the property within a reasonable time after its acquisition or the beginning of its lease; and

(d)  the property is used exclusively or almost exclusively by the corporation or partnership, on the one hand, to carry out eligible digital conversion activities that relate, in whole or in part, to an eligible media of the corporation or partnership and, on the other hand, in an establishment of the corporation or partnership situated in Québec in which the eligible media is produced or from which it is disseminated;

“qualified wages” incurred by a corporation in a taxation year, or by a partnership in a fiscal period, in respect of an eligible employee, means the wages incurred by the corporation or partnership, in all or part of the year or fiscal period, as the case may be, that is included in the eligibility period, in respect of the individual where the individual is recognized as an eligible employee of the corporation or partnership, to the extent that the wages may reasonably be attributed to eligible digital conversion activities relating to an eligible media of the corporation or partnership for the year or fiscal period;

“wages” means the income computed under Chapters I and II of Title II of Book III.

For the purposes of the definition of “qualified expenditure” in the first paragraph, the following rules are taken into account:

(a)  costs provided for in an eligible digital conversion contract that are incurred for the acquisition of a qualified property may be included in the aggregate of the amounts described in that definition only if the property is acquired before 1 January 2022 and if they are costs included in computing the capital cost of the property, otherwise than under section 180 or 182; and

(b)  costs provided for in an eligible digital conversion contract that are incurred for the lease of a qualified property may be included in the aggregate of the amounts described in that definition only to the extent that they are deductible in computing the income of the corporation or partnership under this Part.

For the purposes of the definition of “eligible employee” in the first paragraph, the following rules are taken into account:

(a)  where, during all or part of a taxation year or fiscal period, an employee reports for work at an establishment of a corporation or partnership situated in Québec and at an establishment of the corporation or partnership situated outside Québec, the employee is deemed, for that period,

i.  unless subparagraph ii applies, to report for work only at the establishment situated in Québec, or

ii.  to report for work only at the establishment situated outside Québec if, during that period, the employee reports for work mainly at an establishment of the corporation or partnership situated outside Québec; and

(b)  where, during all or part of a taxation year or fiscal period, an employee is not required to report for work at an establishment of a corporation or partnership and the employee’s wages in relation to that period are paid from such an establishment situated in Québec, the employee is deemed to report for work at that establishment if the duties performed by the employee during that period are performed mainly in Québec.

2019, c. 14, s. 332.