I-3 - Taxation Act

Section 1159.3.3.1 Disposition versions

2019-06-19

1159.3.3.1. Where the taxation year for which a compensation tax is computed under the first paragraph of section 1159.3 ends after 31 March 2018 and before 1 April 2019, the following rules apply:

(a)  subparagraph a of the first paragraph of section 1159.3 is to be read as follows:

“(a) in the case of a bank, a loan corporation, a trust corporation or a corporation trading in securities, subject to subparagraph d, the aggregate of

i. 4.29% of the lesser of its maximum amount subject to tax for the year and the amount paid as wages in the part of the year that follows 31 March 2018, and

ii. 4.48% of the amount paid as wages in the part of the year that precedes 1 April 2018;”;

(b)  the rate mentioned in subparagraphs i and ii of subparagraph b, subparagraph ii of subparagraph d and subparagraph d.1 of the first paragraph of section 1159.3 is replaced by a rate of 0.48%;

(c)  subparagraph c of the first paragraph of section 1159.3 is to be read as follows:

“(c) in the case of a savings and credit union, subject to subparagraph d, the aggregate of

i. 3.39% of the lesser of its maximum amount subject to tax for the year and the amount paid as wages in the part of the year that follows 31 March 2018, and

ii. 3.52% of the amount paid as wages in the part of the year that precedes 1 April 2018;”; and

(d)  subparagraph e of the first paragraph of section 1159.3 is to be read as follows:

“(e) in the case of a person who is not referred to in any of subparagraphs a to d.1 and who made, with a person referred to in any of those subparagraphs, an election under subsection 1 of section 150 of the Excise Tax Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter E-15) that is in effect in the year, the aggregate of

i. 1.37% of the lesser of its maximum amount subject to tax for the year and the amount paid as wages in the part of the year during which the election was in effect that follows 31 March 2018, and

ii. 1.44% of the amount paid as wages in the part of the year in which the election was in effect that precedes 1 April 2018.”

Where the taxation year for which a compensation tax is computed under the second paragraph of section 1159.3 ends after 31 March 2018 and before 1 April 2019, the following rules apply:

(a)  subparagraph a of the second paragraph of section 1159.3 is to be read as follows:

“(a) in the case of a bank, a loan corporation, a trust corporation or a corporation trading in securities, subject to subparagraph d, the aggregate of 4.29% of the amount paid as wages in the part or parts of the year, as the case may be, during which the person was a financial institution that follow 31 March 2018 and 4.48% of the amount paid as wages in the part or parts of the year, as the case may be, during which the person was a financial institution that precede 1 April 2018;”;

(b)  the rate mentioned in subparagraphs i and ii of subparagraph b and subparagraph ii of subparagraph d of the second paragraph of section 1159.3 is replaced by a rate of 0.48%;

(c)  subparagraph c of the second paragraph of section 1159.3 is to be read as follows:

“(c) in the case of a savings and credit union, subject to subparagraph d, the aggregate of 3.39% of the amount paid as wages in the part or parts of the year, as the case may be, during which the person was a financial institution that follow 31 March 2018 and 3.52% of the amount paid as wages in the part or parts of the year, as the case may be, during which the person was a financial institution that precede 1 April 2018;”; and

(d)  subparagraph e of the second paragraph of section 1159.3 is to be read as follows:

“(e) in the case of a person who is not referred to in any of subparagraphs a to d and who made, with a person referred to in any of subparagraphs a to d.1 of the first paragraph, an election under subsection 1 of section 150 of the Excise Tax Act that is in effect in the year, the aggregate of 1.37% of the amount paid as wages in the part or parts of the year, as the case may be, during which the person was a financial institution and the election was in effect that follow 31 March 2018 and 1.44% of the amount paid as wages in the part or parts of the year, as the case may be, during which the person was a financial institution and in which the election was in effect that precede 1 April 2018.”

2019, c. 14, s. 458.