Excise Tax Act — E-15 70.1
Definitions 70.1 (1) In this section, adjustment to the sale price of goods means the giving of a discount, allowance, rebate or other amount as a reduction in the sale price; ( redressement ) other enactment means (a) a provision of an Act of Parliament, other than this Act, enacted before 1991, or (b) a provision of a regulation or order enacted under an Act of Parliament before 1991; ( autre texte ) refund of tax means (a) a refund of that tax, or other payment calculated with reference to that tax, provided for under any of sections 68, 68.1, 68.17, 68.19, 68.2 or 68.23 to 68.3, (b) a drawback of that tax, or payment in lieu of a drawback of that tax, provided for under section 70, or (c) a refund, rebate, drawback or remission of that tax, or other payment in respect of or calculated with reference to that tax, provided for under any other enactment; ( remboursement ) registrant has the meaning assigned by subsection 123(1); ( inscrit ) tax means tax imposed under Part VI. ( taxe ) Adjustments after 1990 (2) A refund of tax shall not be paid to a person (in this subsection referred to as the “vendor”) in respect of an adjustment made after 1990 to the sale price of goods sold by the vendor to a purchaser unless (a) the vendor sold the goods to the purchaser under an agreement in writing, paid tax in respect of the sale of the goods, calculated on the sale price, and granted the adjustment within two years after the day on or before which the vendor was required to pay the tax under section 78; and (b) the adjustment is provided for in the agreement and the making of the adjustment is not dependent on the performance of any service or other act by the purchaser. Exports after 1990 (3) A refund of tax provided for under section 68.1 or 70 or any other enactment in respect of goods exported from Canada shall not be paid to a person in respect of goods exported by the person after 1990 unless (a) the person had possession of the goods in Canada at the end of 1990 and was not a registrant on January 1, 1991; or (b) the person imported the goods, had possession of the goods in Canada at the end of 1990 and was not entitled to be paid a rebate in respect of the goods under section 120, and the goods suffered damage or deterioration at any time before the goods were released, were of inferior quality to those in respect of which the person paid tax, were defective or were not the goods ordered by the person. Goods sold after 1990 (4) A refund of tax provided for under section 68.17, 68.2 or 70 or any other enactment in respect of goods sold or otherwise supplied or transferred by a person to a purchaser or other transferee shall not be paid to the person unless the person transferred ownership or possession of the goods to the purchaser or other transferee of the goods before 1991. Goods for use by a province (5) A refund of tax shall not be paid under section 68.19 in respect of goods supplied, transferred or delivered to, or purchased by, Her Majesty in right of a province unless (a) Her Majesty in that right acquired ownership or possession of the goods before 1991; or (b) the goods were supplied or transferred to Her Majesty in that right by a person in the course of performing services under an agreement in writing with Her Majesty in that right and the person had possession of the goods in Canada at the end of 1990 and was not entitled to be paid a rebate in respect of the goods under section 120. System goods acquired after 1990 (6) A refund of tax shall not be paid under section 68.23 to a person in respect of system goods unless the person acquired ownership or possession of the goods before 1991 and was not entitled to be paid a rebate in respect of the goods under section 120. Goods acquired by certain organizations after 1990 (7) A refund of tax shall not be paid under any of sections 68.24 to 68.27 to a person (in this subsection referred to as the “organization”) unless (a) in the case of goods purchased by the orga