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Bill 199, Taxation Amendment Act (Travel Ontario Tax Credit), 2020

Gates, Wayne

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Bill amends the Taxation Act, 2007 to provide for a non-refundable tax credit of up to $1,000 for residents of Ontario for travel in Ontario for the purposes of tourism.

Bill 199 2020

An Act to amend the Taxation Act, 2007 to provide for a non-refundable tax credit to encourage tourism within Ontario

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

1 Subsection 16 (2) of the Taxation Act, 2007 is amended by striking out “22 and 103.1.2” at the end and substituting “22, 103.1.2 and 103.1.3”.

2 The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Travel Ontario tax credit

103.1.3

(1) An eligible person who is an individual and who was resident in Ontario on the last day of a taxation year ending after December 31, 2019 may deduct from the amount of tax otherwise payable for the year under Division B of

Part II an Ontario tourism tax credit not exceeding $1,000.

Regulations

(2) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations prescribing any rules the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers necessary or advisable for the purposes of the proper administration of the credit under this section, including rules respecting the receipts and other information a person may be required to provide in connection with this section.

Commencement

3 This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short title

4 The

short title of this Act is the Taxation Amendment Act (Travel Ontario Tax Credit), 2020 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

July 21, 2020

First Reading

Vote

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

July 21, 2020

Committee

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent

Acts affected - Bill 199

Most Ontario public acts are available electronically; to view copies of the Acts to be amended by this bill visit e-laws

Taxation Act, 2007

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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