C-342
First Session, Forty-first Parliament,
60 Elizabeth II, 2011
HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
BILL C-342
An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act (funeral arrangements)
first reading, November 2, 2011
NOTE
2nd Session, 41st Parliament
This bill was introduced during the First Session of the 41st Parliament. Pursuant to the Standing Orders of the House of Commons, it is deemed to have been considered and approved at all stages completed at the time of prorogation of the First Session. The number of the bill remains unchanged.
Mr. Simms
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SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Excise Tax Act to eliminate the goods and services tax (GST) on the sale of goods and services under an arrangement for funeral services.
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1st Session, 41st Parliament,
60 Elizabeth II, 2011
house of commons of canada
BILL C-342
An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act (funeral arrangements)
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
R.S., c. E-15
EXCISE TAX ACT
1. Schedule VI to the Excise Tax Act is amended by adding the following after Part X:
PART XI
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS
1. A supply of goods and services under an arrangement for funeral services in respect of an individual, including the provision of a coffin, a headstone or any other property relating to the funeral, burial or cremation of the individual that is provided under the arrangement.
COMING INTO FORCE
Coming into force
2. This Act comes into force on the day following the day it receives royal assent.
Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons