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Bill C-518

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1st Session, 36th Parliament,
46-47-48 Elizabeth II, 1997-98-99

The House of Commons of Canada

BILL C-518

An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (deduction of property taxes paid in respect of a principal residence)

R.S., cc. 1, 2 (5th Supp.); 1994, cc. 7, 8, 13, 21, 28, 29, 38, 41; 1995, cc. 1, 3, 11, 18, 21, 38, 46; 1996, cc. 11, 21, 23; 1997, cc. 10, 12, 25, 26; 1998, cc. 19, 21, 34

      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 paragraph 60(m.1):

Property taxes paid in respect of a principal residence

    (m.2) where the taxpayer is an individual, the property taxes paid to a province or a Canadian municipality by the taxpayer in respect of property that is the taxpayer's principal residence and is owned by the taxpayer.