Excise Tax Act — E-15 228
Calculation of net tax 228 (1) Every person who is required to file a return under this Division shall, in the return, calculate the net tax of the person for the reporting period for which the return is required to be filed, except where subsection (2.1) or (2.3) applies in respect of the reporting period. Remittance (2) Where the net tax for a reporting period of a person is a positive amount, the person shall, except where subsection (2.1) or (2.3) applies in respect of the reporting period, remit that amount to the Receiver General, (a) where the person is an individual to whom subparagraph 238(1)(a)(ii) applies in respect of the reporting period, on or before April 30 of the year following the end of the reporting period; and (b) in any other case, on or before the day on or before which the return for that period is required to be filed. Selected listed financial institutions — interim return and remittance (2.1) Where a person who is a selected listed financial institution is required to file an interim return for a reporting period under subsection 238(2.1), (a) subject to subsection (2.2), the person shall calculate in the interim return the amount (in this Part referred to as the “interim net tax”) that would be the net tax of the person for the reporting period if the description of C in the formula in subsection 225.2(2) were read as “is the lesser of the financial institution’s percentage for the participating province for the taxation year and the financial institution’s percentage for the participating province for the immediately preceding taxation year, each determined in accordance with the prescribed rules that apply to financial institutions of that class”; and (b) where the interim net tax for the reporting period is a positive amount, the person shall pay that amount, on account of the person’s net tax for the reporting period that the person is required to remit under paragraph (2.3)(b), to the Receiver General on or before the day on or before which that interim return is required to be filed. Selected listed financial institutions — interim returns in the first fiscal year (2.2) For the purposes of paragraph (2.1)(a), where a person becomes a selected listed financial institution during a reporting period of the person that ends in a fiscal year of the person that begins on or after April 1, 1997, the interim net tax for each reporting period in the fiscal year is the amount that would be the net tax of the person for the reporting period if the description of C in the formula in subsection 225.2(2) read “is the financial institution’s percentage for the participating province for the immediately preceding reporting period, determined in accordance with the prescribed rules that apply to financial institutions of that class”. Selected listed financial institutions — final return (2.3) Where a person who is a selected listed financial institution is required to file a final return under subsection 238(2.1) for a reporting period, (a) the person shall calculate in the final return the net tax of the person for the reporting period; (b) where the net tax of the person for the reporting period is a positive amount, the person shall remit that amount to the Receiver General on or before the day on or before which the final return for the reporting period is required to be filed; (c) the person shall report in the final return the positive amount, if any, that the person paid on account of the person’s net tax for the period under subsection (2.1) or the negative amount, if any, that the person claimed in the interim return for the period as an interim net tax refund for the period under subsection (2.4); and (d) where the person claimed an interim net tax refund for the reporting period under subsection (2.4), (i) if the interim net tax refund exceeds the amount that would be the net tax refund for the period payable to the person under subsection (3) if the person had not claimed that interim net tax refun