Interest Rates (Excise Tax Act) Regulations

SOR/2006-230EXCISE TAX ACT
Registration 2006-09-28
Interest Rates (Excise Tax Act) Regulations
P.C. 2006-1057 2006-09-28Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Finance, pursuant to subsections 59(3.1)Footnote a and (3.4)Footnote b and section 277Footnote c of the Excise Tax Act, hereby makes the annexed Interest Rates (Excise Tax Act) Regulations.

Return to footnote aR.S., c. 15 (1st Supp.), s. 23(2)
Return to footnote bS.C. 2003, c. 15, s. 96
Return to footnote cS.C. 1993, c. 27, s. 125
Interpretation

Marginal note:Definitions

1 The following definitions apply in these Regulations.

Act
Loi

Act means the Excise Tax Act. (Loi)

basic rate
taux de base

basic rate, in respect of a particular quarter, means the rate that is the simple arithmetic mean, expressed as a percentage per year and rounded to the next higher whole percentage where the mean is not a whole percentage, of all amounts each of which is the average equivalent yield, expressed as a percentage per year, of Government of Canada Treasury Bills that mature approximately three months after their date of issue and that are sold at auctions of Government of Canada Treasury Bills during the first month of the quarter preceding the particular quarter. (taux de base)

quarter
trimestre

quarter means any period of three consecutive months beginning on January 1, April 1, July 1 or October 1. (trimestre)

Prescribed Rates of Interest

Marginal note:General rates

2 For the purposes of the Act, the prescribed rate of interest in effect during a particular quarter is

(a) in the case of interest to be paid to the Receiver General, the sum of the basic rate in respect of the particular quarter and 4%;
(b) in the case of interest to be paid or applied on an amount payable by the Minister to a person (other than a corporation), the sum of the basic rate in respect of the particular quarter and 2%;
(b.1) in the case of interest to be paid or applied on an amount payable by the Minister to a corporation, the basic rate in respect of the particular quarter; and
(c) in any other case, the sum of the basic rate in respect of the particular quarter and 4%.

SOR/2008-36, s. 1;
2010, c. 12, s. 94.

Previous Version

3 [Repealed, SOR/2008-36, s. 2]
Previous Version

Repeal

4 [Repeal]

Coming into Force

Marginal note:Retroactivity

5 These Regulations are deemed to have come into force on July 1, 2003.