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First Session, 49th General Assembly

68 Elizabeth II, 2019

BILL 1

AN ACT TO AMEND THE REVENUE ADMINISTRATION ACT

Received and Read the First Time................................................................

Second Reading............................................................................................

Committee.....................................................................................................

Third Reading...............................................................................................

Royal Assent.................................................................................................

HONOURABLE TOM OSBORNE

Minister of Finance and President of Treasury Board

Ordered to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly

 

EXPLANATORY NOTES

This Bill would amend the Revenue Administration Act to remove the provision specifically relating to retail sales tax applied to premiums for automobile insurance.


A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE REVENUE ADMINISTRATION ACT

Analysis


        1.   S.91.1
Tax on insurance premiums

        2.   Commencement


Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

SNL2009 cR-15.01
as amended

        1. (1) Subsection 91.1(1.1) of the Revenue Administration Act is repealed.

             (2)  Subsection 91.1(10) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

          (10)  A person who enters into, amends or renews a contract of insurance referred to in subsection (1) is required to pay the tax imposed under this section whether or not the insurer or insurer's agent is registered under this Part, and that person shall remit the tax in the manner referred to in subsection (7).

             (3)  Subsection 91.1(12) of the Act is repealed.

Commencement

        2. This Act is considered to have come into force on April 15, 2019.