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Bill C-300

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1st Session, 36th Parliament,
46 Elizabeth II, 1997

The House of Commons of Canada

BILL C-300

An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act, 1997 (refund)

1996, c. 23

      Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

1. Subsections 96(4) and (5) of the Employment Insurance Act are replaced by the following:

Refund - insurable earnings up to $5,000

(4) If a person has insurable earnings of not more than $5,000 in a year, the Minister shall refund to the person the aggregate of all amounts deducted as required from the insurable earnings, whether by one or more employers, on account or the person's employee's premiums for that year.

Refund - insurable earnings over $5,000

(5) If a person has insurable earnings of more than $5,000 in a year, but the insurable earnings minus the aggregate of all amounts mentioned in subsection (4) are less than $5,000 , the Minister shall refund to the person an amount calculated in accordance with the following formula if that amount is more than $1:

$5,000 - (IE-P)

where

P is the aggregate of all deducted amounts mentioned in subsection (4); and

IE is the person's insurable earnings in the year.