42.0.10. For the purposes of this section and sections 42.0.11 to 42.0.24,“business input” means an excluded input, an exclusive input or a residual input;
“direct attribution method” means a method, conforming to criteria, rules, terms and conditions specified by the Minister of National Revenue, of determining in the most direct manner the operative extent and the procurative extent of a property or a service;
“direct input” means a property or a service, other than an excluded input, an exclusive input or a non-attributable input;
“exclusive input” of a person means a property or a service (other than an excluded input) that is acquired or brought into Québec by the person for consumption or use directly and exclusively for the purpose of making a taxable supply for consideration or directly and exclusively for purposes other than making a taxable supply for consideration;
“operative extent” of a property or a service means, as the case may be, the extent to which the consumption or use of the property or service is for the purpose of making a taxable supply for consideration or the extent to which the consumption or use of the property or service is for purposes other than making a taxable supply for consideration;
“procurative extent” of a property or a service means, as the case may be, the extent to which the property or service is acquired or brought into Québec for the purpose of making a taxable supply for consideration or the extent to which the property or service is acquired or brought into Québec for purposes other than making a taxable supply for consideration;
“qualifying institution” for a particular fiscal year means a person that meets the conditions set out in the definition of “qualifying institution” in subsection 1 of section 141.02 of the Excise Tax Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. E-15);
“residual input” means a direct input or a non-attributable input;
“specified method” means a method, conforming to criteria, rules, terms and conditions specified by the Minister of National Revenue, of determining the operative extent and the procurative extent of a property or a service.