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Volume 65, No. 11

132/2022

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

June 7, 2022

B.C. Reg. 132/2022 , deposited June 6, 2022, under the PROVINCIAL SALES TAX ACT [sections 236 and 237]. Order in Council 293/2022, approved and ordered June 3, 2022.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Administrator, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that the Provincial Sales Tax Regulation, B.C. Reg. 96/2013, is amended as set out in the attached Schedule.

— S. ROBINSON, Minister of Finance ; G. HEYMAN, Presiding Member of the Executive Council .

Schedule

Section 14 of the Provincial Sales Tax Regulation, B.C. Reg. 96/2013, is amended

(

a) by renumbering the

section as

section 14 (1),

(

b) in subsection (1) by adding " in relation to tangible personal property or software " after " the prescribed date ",

(

c) in subsection (1) (a) (ii) and (b) (ii) by striking out " 12 months " and substituting " the number of months specified in subsection (3) ", and

(

d) by adding the following subsections:

(2) For the purposes of

section 32 (5) of the Act, the prescribed date in relation to an eligible taxable service is,

(

a) if the person’s reporting period is a period of one or more months, the earlier of

(

i) the last day of the month after the end of the person’s reporting period in which the tangible personal property in relation to which the eligible taxable service is provided is used after the service is provided, other than the use of storing, keeping or retaining the tangible personal property for any purpose, and

(ii) the last day of the month after the end of the person’s reporting period that includes the month that is the number of months specified in subsection (3) after the month in which the eligible taxable service is purchased, or

(

b) if the person’s reporting period is not a period of one or more months, the earlier of

(i) 30 days after the last day of the person’s reporting period in which the tangible personal property in relation to which the eligible taxable service is provided is used after the service is provided, other than the use of storing, keeping or retaining the tangible personal property for any purpose, and

(ii) 30 days after the last day of the person’s reporting period that includes the last day of the month that is the number of months specified in subsection (3) after the month in which the eligible taxable service is purchased.

(3) For the purposes of subsections (1) (a) (ii) and (b) (ii) and (2) (a) (ii) and (b) (ii), the following number of months is specified:

(

a) in the case of a person described in

section 12 (2) (a) [interprovincial or international commercial rail transportation] , 24 months;

(

b) in the case of any other person, 12 months.

(4) Section 65 [estimate of hours or distance conveyance will travel] of the Act applies in relation to tax that is

(

a) imposed under sections 60 (2), 62 (3), 63 (3) and 64 (2) of the Act, and

(

b) required under

section 32 (5) of the Act to be paid by a date specified in subsection (1) or (2) of this section.

(5) Section 66 [adjustment of tax] of the Act applies in relation to an estimate made under

section 65 of the Act as applied by subsection (4) of this

section and, for that purpose, tax payable under

section 66 (2) of the Act must be paid as required by

section 66 (3) and (3.1) unless the agreement under

section 32 (1) of the Act specifies a different date, in which case the tax must be paid on or before the date specified in the agreement.

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