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Unit 9 Rc461 Section 351

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As part of the budget announced February 11, 2014, the federal government proposed changes to the requirements for filing a Section 156 election for closely related groups on form GST25. These changes take effect January 1, 2015.
Section 156 of the Excise Tax Act allows for qualifying closely related groups to jointly elect to treat taxable supplies, with certain exceptions) made between them as having been made for no consideration. Essentially, the election removes the GST/HST requirement on many intercompany transactions. Previously, the election was made on form GST25 and there was no requirement to file the form with Canada Revenue Agency. Form GST25 has now been replaced with form RC4616. Effective January 1, 2015, this form must be filed with Canada Revenue Agency. Any …show more content…

Be resident in Canada ,
4. Be engaged exclusively in commercial activities.
5. A Section 150 election must not have been made with another closely related member that qualifies as a financial institution.
Canada Revenue Agency provides two options for filing form RC4616 where there are existing elections. Option one provides for filing a common effective date of December 31, 2014. The second option provides for filing separate forms for the original effectives dates.
For instance, specified members of a qualifying group with existing elections that have different effective dates can now opt to file one form RC4616 designating December 31, 2014 as the effective date. This method covers all members inclusively instead of each member filing separately. In this case the common date of December 31, 2014 will be recorded by Canada Revenue Agency. The original GST25 forms, indicating the original effective date, must be kept with the books and records of the electing members.
With the second option, each member of a qualifying group can opt to file a separate form RC4616 for each existing original effective date. In this case, the different effective dates will be recorded by Canada Revenue

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