p44 s1 bill 89 b089 e.pdf

Ontario — Bills

1ST SESSION, 44TH LEGISLATURE, ONTARIO CHARLES III, 2025 Bill

An Act respecting taxes related to massage therapy treatment MPP F. Gélinas Private Member’s Bill 1st Reading December 9, 2025 2nd Reading 3rd Reading Royal Assent Bill

An Act respecting taxes related to massage therapy treatment

Preamble Massage therapy is a regulated health service widely used by Ontarians to manage pain, rehabilitate injuries and improve mental and physical well -being. Ensuring massage therapy services receive the same tax treatment when provided by registered massage therapists as they do when provided by other practitioners is supported by strong fiscal and economic rationale. Any loss in tax revenue would be offset by savings for the healthcare system, increased access to care and strengthened small business sustainability across the province.

Therefore, His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows: Tax treatment of massage therapy services in Ontario The Minister of Health shall take all necessary steps, including introducing legislation if necessary, to ensure that the tax treatment of massage therapy services provided in Ontario by registered massage therapists within the meaning of the Massage Therapy Act, 1991 is the same as the tax treatment of those services provided by other practitioners. Commencement This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short title The

short title of this Act is the Massage Therapy Tax Act, 2025. ______________ EXPLANATORY NOTE The Bill enacts the Massage Therapy Tax Act , 2025 . The Act provides that t he Minister of Health shall take all necessary steps, including introducing legislation if necessary, to ensure that the tax treatment of massage therapy services provided in Ontario by registered massage therapists is the same as the tax treatment of those services provided by other practitioners.

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	p44 s1 bill 89 b089 e.pdf
Type	bill
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Language	en
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