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Bill C-414

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1st Session, 36th Parliament,
46-47 Elizabeth II, 1997-98

The House of Commons of Canada

BILL C-414

An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (wages of apprentices)

R.S., c. 1 (5th Supp.); 1994, cc. 7, 8, 13, 21, 29, 38, 41; 1995, cc. 1, 3, 11, 18, 21, 38, 46; 1996, cc. 11, 21, 23; 1997, cc. 10, 12, 25, 26

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

1. The Income Tax Act is amended by adding the following after section 110:

Deduction for wages paid to apprentices

110.01 (1) Where a person is employed by an employer as an apprentice and carries out the full term of that apprenticeship with the employer, the employer may, in computing the employer's taxable income for the year in which the term of that apprenticeship is completed, deduct the total of all wages paid to the person by the employer while the person was apprenticed to the employer.

Definition

(2) For the purpose of subsection (1), ``apprentice'' means an apprentice as determined by the regulations.