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Second Session, Forty-third Parliament,

69-70 Elizabeth II, 2020-2021

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA

BILL C-300
An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act (books by Canadian authors)

FIRST READING, May 27, 2021

Mr. Rayes

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SUMMARY

This enactment amends Schedule VI of the Excise Tax Act to add books by Canadian authors to the list of zero-rated supplies.

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2nd Session, 43rd Parliament,

69-70 Elizabeth II, 2020-2021

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA

BILL C-300

An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act (books by Canadian authors)

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

1Schedule VI to the Excise Tax Act is amended by adding the following after Part III:

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PART III.‍1
Books by Eligible Authors

1The following definitions apply in this Part.

eligible author means an author who is or was, at the time of their death, a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. (auteur admissible)

book includes an e-book. (livre)

2A supply of a book whose author, or one of its authors, was an eligible author at the moment of its first publication, regardless of the date of that publication.

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Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons

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