Excise Tax Act — E-15 183
Seizure and repossession 183 (1) Where at any time after 1990 property of a person is, for the purpose of satisfying in whole or in part a debt or obligation owing by the person to another person (in this section referred to as the “creditor”), seized or repossessed by the creditor under a right or power exercisable by the creditor (other than a right or power that the creditor has under, or because of being a party to, a lease, licence or similar arrangement by which the person acquired the property), (a) for the purposes of this Part, the person shall be deemed to have made, and the creditor shall be deemed to have received, at that time, a supply by way of sale of the property; (b) for the purposes of this Part (other than sections 193 and 257), that supply shall be deemed to have been made for no consideration; (c) where the supply referred to in paragraph (a) is a taxable supply of real property, for the purposes of sections 193 and 257, the tax payable in respect of the supply shall be deemed to be equal to tax calculated on the fair market value of the property at that time; and (d) where the supply referred to in paragraph (a) is a supply of real property included in section 9 of Part I of Schedule V, in section 1 of Part V.1 of that Schedule or in section 25 of Part VI of that Schedule, for the purposes of sections 193 and 257, the supply is deemed to be a taxable supply and the tax payable in respect of the supply is deemed to be equal to tax calculated on the fair market value of the property at that time. Supply in commercial activity (2) Subject to subsection (3), where at any time a creditor who has seized or repossessed property, in circumstances in which subsection (1) applies, makes a particular supply (other than an exempt supply) of the property, except where any of subsections (4) to (6) applied at an earlier time in respect of the use of the property by the creditor, the creditor shall be deemed, for the purposes of this Part, to have made the particular supply in the course of a commercial activity of the creditor and anything done by the creditor in the course of, or in connection with, the making of the supply and not in connection with the seizure or repossession shall be deemed to have been done in the course of the commercial activity. Court seizures (3) Where a court, for the purposes of satisfying an amount owing under a judgment of the court, orders a sheriff, bailiff or other officer of the court to seize property of the judgment debtor and subsequently makes a supply of the property, the supply of the property by the court shall be deemed, for the purposes of this Part, to be a supply made otherwise than in the course of a commercial activity. Use of real property (4) For the purposes of this Part, where a creditor who has seized or repossessed real property in circumstances in which subsection (1) applies or would, but for subsection (11), apply, begins at any time to use the property otherwise than in the making of a supply of the property, the creditor shall be deemed to have made a supply of the property at that time and, except where the supply is an exempt supply, (a) to have collected, at that time, tax in respect of the supply equal to the amount determined by the formula (A/B) × C where A is (i) if the supply is made in a participating province, the total of the rate set out in subsection 165(1) and the tax rate for that province, and (ii) in any other case, the rate set out in subsection 165(1), B is the total of 100% and the percentage determined for A, and C is the fair market value of the property at that time; and (b) to have acquired the property and paid that tax at that time. Use of personal property seized before 1994 (5) For the purposes of this Part, where a creditor who has seized or repossessed personal property from a person before 1994, in circumstances in which subsection (1) applies or would, but for subsection (11), apply, begins at a particular time to use the propert