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Citation
1 These regulations may be cited as the Innovation Equity Tax Credit Regulations.
Definitions
2 In these regulations,
“Act” means the Income Tax Act;
“active business” means any business carried on by a corporation other than the
following:
(i) a business with a principal purpose of deriving income, including
dividends, interest and rents, from property and that does not employ
more than 5 full-time employees throughout the year,
(ii) a personal services business as defined in the Income Tax Act
(Canada);
“affiliate” of a person means any of the following:
(i) a corporation of which the person owns, directly or indirectly, shares
carrying 10% or more of the voting rights for the election of the
directors of the corporation,
(ii) a business partner of the person,
(iii) a participant in a joint venture with the person,
(iv) a trust or estate
(A) in which the person has, in the opinion of the Minister of
Finance and Treasury Board for the Province, a substantial
beneficial interest, or
(B) for which the person serves as trustee or in a similar capacity,
(v) a spouse, parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, brother or sister of
the person,
(vi) if residing at the same residence of the person, a parent, grandparent,
child, grandchild, brother or sister of the person’s spouse;
“application for approval” means an application by a corporation under subsection
37A(2) of the Act to the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board for the Province
for approval under subsection 37A(3) of the Act;
“associated corporation” means an associated corporation within the meaning of
Section 256 of the Income Tax Act (Canada), except that the relevant time for
determining the association is the date on which the corporation applies for
approval rather than the taxation year of the corporation;
“Canadian-controlled private corporation” means a Canadian-controlled private
corporation as defined in the Income Tax Act (Canada);
“certificate of registration” means a certificate issued under Section 9 to signify the
approval of the corporation;
“full-time contractor” includes a contractor or consultant for a corporation whose
only client is the corporation or who provides services to the corporation in excess
of 20 hours per week;
“head office” of an eligible corporation means
(i) the place listed with the Registry of Joint Stock Companies as its
registered office, or
(ii) if a law office is listed as the registered office, the place where the
majority of the its employees report to work;
“holding period” means the period prescribed in subsection 4(2) during which an
eligible investment must be held by an eligible investor;
“individual” does not include any trust other than a trust that is governed by a
registered retirement savings plan, and then only if all of the following are met for
the plan:
(i) the individual makes contributions to the trust and those
contributions, and no other funds, can reasonably be considered to
have been used by the trust to make an eligible investment, and
(ii) the annuitant under the plan is the individual or a spouse or common-law partner of the individual;
“NAICS” means the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
Canada 2017 Version 1.0 published by Statistics Canada, as amended.
Designated person
3 Anything done or required to be done by the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board for
the Province under these regulations may also be done by a person designated by the
Minister of Finance and Treasury Board for the Province.
Criteria for eligible investments
4 (1) All of the following are the criteria that an investment must satisfy to be an eligible
investment:
(a) it is an investment in an approved corporation, issued as part of a specified
issue between the dates set out in subsection 37A(12) of the Act;
(b) it is fully paid for in cash by an eligible investor;
(c) it is made in exchange for
(i) newly issued common voting shares,
(ii) newly issued preferred shares that, by their terms, may not be
redeemed before the holding period expires, or
(iii) a newly issued convertible debenture that, by its terms, may not be
redeemed or repaid before the holding period expires but that may be
converted into shares during the holding period if the terms of the
shares do not allow them to be redeemed during the 4 years from the
date the convertible debenture is issued;
(d) it is not a replacement investment;
(e) it is not eligible for another tax credit or deduction allowed under the
Income Tax Act (Canada) other than a deduction in respect of the registered
retirement savings plan;
(f) it is not an investment that, in the opinion of the Minister of Finance and
Treasury Board for the Province, is or will be issued as a result of a
transaction or event or a series of transactions or events the main purpose of
which is to claim the tax credit under Section 37A of the Act.
(2) The holding period for an eligible investment is 4 years from the date the eligible
investment was made.
(3) The maximum annual eligible investment is
(a) $250,000, for an eligible investor who is an individual;
(b) $500,000, for an eligible investor that is a corporation.
(4) In subclause 4(1)(d), “replacement investment” means either of the following:
(a) a share purchased as a replacement for another share or debenture of an
approved corporation that was previously disposed of by the investor; or
(b) a debenture purchased as a replacement for another debenture or share of an
approved corporation that was previously disposed of by the investor.
Criteria for eligible investors
5 (1) All of the following are the criteria that an investor must satisfy to be an eligible
investor:
(a) for an investor who is an individual,
(i) they are at least 19 years of age and a resident of the Province,
(ii) if the investor seeks to invest in a convertible debenture, they are not
a director of the approved corporation or a specified shareholder of
the corporation as that term is defined in section 248 of the Income
Tax Act (Canada) but as if the reference to 10% in that definition
were read as a reference to 25%;
(b) for an investor that is a corporation,
(i) it is incorporated under the laws of Canada or a province of Canada
and is registered to carry on business in the Province,
(ii) it is a taxable Canadian corporation,
(iii) its head office is located in the Province,
(iv) it is not a qualifying venture capital fund under Section 37B of the
Act,
(v) if the investor seeks to invest in a convertible debenture, they are not
an associated corporation in relation to the approved corporation or a
specified shareholder of the approved corporation as that term is
defined in section 248 of the Income Tax Act (Canada) but as if the
reference to 10% in that definition were read as a reference to 25%.
(2) An eligible investor that is a corporation may not make or hold an investment in an
approved corporation if the eligible investor, either alone or in conjunction with 1
or more of the following persons, will own, directly or indirectly, shares carrying
50% or more of the votes for the election of the directors of the approved
corporation or will, in any manner, control the approved corporation:
(a) affiliates or associated corporations of the eligible investor;
(b) shareholders of the eligible investor or their affiliates or associated
corporations;
(c) directors of the eligible investor or their affiliates; or
(d) officers of the eligible investor or their affiliates.
Criteria for eligible corporations
6 All of the following are the criteria that a corporation must satisfy to be an eligible
corporation:
(a) it is registered to carry on business in the Province and is a
Canadian-controlled private corporation;
(b) it was incorporated within the 10-year period before the date of its
application for approval;
(ba) if the corporation was formed as the result of an amalgamation, its
predecessor corporations were incorporated within the 10-year period before
the date of its application for approval;
(c) it is a taxable Canadian corporation;
(d) its head office is located in the Province;
(e) it has authorized capital consisting of at least 1 class of common voting
shares;
(f) it pays at least 50% of its remuneration to employees or full-time
contractors who are residents of the Province and report to or deal with a
permanent establishment of the corporation in the Province;
(g) it has fewer than 100 employees, including employees of associated
corporations;
(h) it has assets of less than $15 000 000, including assets of associated
corporations;
(i) it uses all, or substantially all, of the fair market value of its property in an
active business;
(j) it is developing or implementing new technologies or applying existing
technologies in a new way to create new products, services or processes;
(k) its principal business does not include any of the following:
(i) construction,
(ii) developing, leasing or selling real property,
(iii) hotel ownership or management,
(iv) retail, including food and beverage services,
(v) oil or gas exploration, development and production,
(vi) film,
(vii) [repealed]
(viii) [repealed]
(ix) membership-based recreational activities,
(x) financial services,
(xi) insurance services;
(l) it is not a business incorporated for a self-regulated professional practice;
(m) it is not a business for which, in the opinion of the Minister of Finance and
Treasury Board for the Province, public financial support would be contrary
to public policy;
(n) it has not been issued a tax credit certificate under any of the following
Sections of the Act:
(i) Section 47, respecting film industry tax credits,
(ii) Section 47A, respecting digital media tax credits,
(iii) Section 47B, respecting digital animation tax credits,
(iv) Section 49A, respecting capital investment tax credits;
(o) it has not been approved for or received a payroll rebate or an innovation
rebate from Nova Scotia Business Incorporated.
Amalgamation
6A (1) If an approved corporation amalgamates with 1 or more other corporations to form
a new corporation that is a Canadian-controlled private corporation with a head
office in the Province,
(a) the holding period for the shares in the new corporation is determined based
on the date the eligible investment was made in the approved corporation;
and
(b) these regulations continue to apply to the eligible investors and the new
corporation for the remainder of the holding period.
(2) If 2 or more approved corporations amalgamate to form a new corporation, the
aggregate amounts raised through all specified issues of the predecessor
corporations and the new corporation must not exceed $5 000 000.
Criteria for specified issues
7 (1) In addition to compliance with the Securities Act as required by clause 37A(3)(b)
of the Act, all of the following are the criteria to be met for an issue of shares to be
a specified issue:
(a) the minimum number of eligible investors within each specified issue is 3,
at least 1 of which is investing in shares that are an eligible investment of
the approved corporation;
(b) all of the investors are eligible investors making an eligible investment;
(c) the eligible investments are made between the date the approved
corporation’s certificate of registration is issued and the date its certificate of
registration expires;
(d) the minimum amount invested by each eligible investor in exchange for the
eligible investment is
(i) $1000, for an eligible investor who is an individual,
(ii) $50 000, for an eligible investor that is a corporation;
(e) the minimum amount invested within each specified issue is $10 000;
(f) in the opinion of the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board [for the
Province], the issue of the shares or convertible debentures complies with
the spirit and intent of the Act and these regulations.
(2) The aggregate of all amounts raised by an approved corporation and its associated
corporations, through all specified issues, may not exceed $5 000 000.
Application for approval
8 (1) A corporation’s application for approval must be made before the corporation
makes its specified issue.
(2) A corporation’s application for approval must be in a form acceptable to the
Minister of Finance and Treasury Board for the Province and include all of the
following:
(a) a copy of its certificate of incorporation;
(b) its financial statements for the preceding tax year and for all associated
corporations, together with a review engagement report or auditor’s report
signed by a person who is licensed as a public accountant under an Act of
the Province;
(c) its income tax return for the preceding tax year and for all associated
corporations;
(d) a business plan containing at least all of the following information:
(i) a summary of its major business activities and major revenue
sources,
(ii) a statement on how it is developing or implementing new
technologies or existing technologies in a new way to create new
products, services or processes,
(iii) the amount of funds to be raised through the specified issue,
(iv) a description on [of] what the funds raised through the specified issue
will be used for and the timing for using it,
(v) a listing of all of its directors with their names, addresses and
background information,
(vi) the aggregate amount of all amounts raised by it and its associated
corporations through previous specified issues;
(e) an up-to-date notarized shareholder register that describes all share
transactions since the inception of the eligible corporation;
(f) a signed statement from each proposed eligible investor stating all of the
following:
(i) name or company name,
(ii) address,
(iii) social insurance number or business number,
(iv) occupation or business type,
(v) relationship to the owner of the eligible corporation,
(vi) amount the eligible investor plans to invest;
(g) a statement signed by 1 of its authorized officers stating that the information
contained in the application is true and correct;
(h) any additional information that the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board
for the Province requires to ensure the requirements of the Act and these
regulations are met.
Certificate of registration for approved corporation
9 (1) Once the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board for the Province has approved an
eligible corporation under subsection 37A(3) of the Act, the Minister of Finance
and Treasury Board for the Province must issue an approval to the approved
corporation in the form of a certificate of registration.
(2) As of the date a certificate of registration is issued to an approved corporation, the
corporation may raise the amount of funds, as stated in the business plan, through a
specified issue.
(3) At the written request of an approved corporation, the Minister of Finance and
Treasury Board for the Province may extend the time for which a certificate of
registration is valid.
Increase in funds that may be raised
10 At the written request of an approved corporation, the Minister of Finance and Treasury
Board for the Province may increase the amount of funds an approved corporation may
raise through a specified issue, as long as the overall amount of funds raised remains in
accordance with the maximum set out in subsection 7(2).
Lapsed application for approval
11 If the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board for the Province does not issue a
certificate of registration within 6 months of the date that the corporation applied for
approval, the application for approval may be considered lapsed.
Tax credit rate
12 (1) The innovation equity tax credit rate for eligible investors who are individuals is as
follows:
(a) 35%, for eligible investments made in an approved corporation whose
primary business does not fall within an NAICS industry group listed in
clause (b);
(b) 45%, for eligible investments made in an approved corporation whose
primary business falls within specified NAICS industry groups, as follows:
(i) the oceans technology sector comprising 1 of the following NAICS
industry groups: [sic]
(A) 3341 (computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing),
(B) 3342 (communications equipment manufacturing),
(C) 3343 (audio and video equipment manufacturing),
(D) 3344 (semiconductor and other electronic component
manufacturing),
(E) 3345 (navigational, measuring, medical and control instruments
manufacturing),
(F) 3346 (manufacturing and reproducing magnetic and optical
media),
(G) 3351 (electric lighting equipment manufacturing),
(H) 3353 (electrical equipment manufacturing), and
(I) 3359 (other electrical equipment and component
manufacturing),
(ii) the life sciences sector comprising the following NAICS industry
groups:
(A) 3254 (pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing),
(B) 3391 (medical equipment & supplies manufacturing),
(C) 5417 (scientific research and development services).
(2) The innovation equity tax credit rate for eligible investors that are corporations is
15% for eligible investments made in an approved corporation.
Applying for tax-credit certificates
13 (1) An application by an approved corporation for a tax-credit certificate under
subsection 37A(6) of the Act must be made no later than 6 months after the date its
certificate of registration expires.
(2) An application for a tax-credit certificate under subsection 37A(6) of the Act must
be in a form acceptable to the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board for the
Province and include all of the following:
(a) an up-to-date notarized shareholder register that describes all share
transactions since the incorporation of the approved corporation;
(b) a report, in a form required by the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board
for the Province, that describes all eligible investments made during the
specified issue, including all of the following for each eligible investor:
(i) name or company name,
(ii) social insurance number or business number,
(iii) address,
(iv) investor type,
(v) number and type of shares or other eligible investments purchased
and their associated terms,
(vi) tax year end, for eligible investors that are corporations,
(vii) the amount invested;
(c) a copy of the share certificate or convertible debenture issued to each
eligible investor showing the terms of the share or convertible debenture;
(d) statements signed by each eligible investor acknowledging all of the
following:
(i) that they made an eligible investment in the approved corporation
during the specified issue,
(ii) that the eligible investment will be held for the required holding
period;
(e) a statement signed by an authorized officer of the approved corporation that
states all of the following:
(i) the required holding period for the eligible investments,
(ii) that for each of the 4 years immediately after the date the certificate
of registration expires, the approved corporation will pay at least 50%
of its remuneration to employees or full-time contractors who are
residents of the Province and report to or deal with a permanent
establishment of the approved corporation in the Province,
(iii) that the funds raised during the specified issue will be used as
follows:
(A) in accordance with these regulations,
(B) for the purposes stated in the corporation’s application for
approval,
(C) no later than 4 years after the date the certificate of registration
expires;
(f) any additional information that the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board
for the Province requires to ensure the requirements of the Act and these
regulations are met.
Issuing tax-credit certificates
14 (1) The Minister of Finance and Treasury Board for the Province must issue a tax-credit certificate to each eligible investor in respect of a taxation year for the
amount of the innovation equity tax credit on being satisfied of all of the
following:
(a) the eligible investment was made in the taxation year or 60 days after the
end of the taxation year;
(b) all requirements of these regulations have been met.
(2) In addition to the circumstances in subsection 37A(7) of the Act, the Minister of
Finance and Treasury Board for the Province may not issue a tax-credit certificate
unless the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board for the Province is satisfied of
all of the following:
(a) the approved corporation and its eligible investors are complying with
Section 37A of the Act and these regulations;
(b) the approved corporation or its directors, officers or shareholders are not
conducting the corporation’s business or affairs in a manner that is contrary
to the spirit and intent of the Act or these regulations;
(c) the shares do not constitute a type of security that entitles the holder, in
respect of the acquisition of those shares, to claim or receive any of the
following:
(i) a tax credit under the Act or the Income Tax Act (Canada), other than
under Section 37A of the Act, against income tax payable,
(ii) a deduction from income under the Act or the Income Tax Act
(Canada), other than under subsection 146(5) of the Income Tax Act
(Canada),
(iii) any other financial assistance from any government, municipality or
public authority;
(d) no tax credit has previously been allowed for the shares under the Act or the
Income Tax Act (Canada);
(e) all other conditions imposed on the approved corporation under subsection
37A(4) of the Act have been met.
(3) If a corporation’s approval is cancelled and its certificate of registration is revoked
by the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board for the Province any time after a
specified issue has occurred and the tax-credit certificates have not yet been issued,
the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board for the Province may not issue tax-credit certificates in respect of the specified issue.
Required and prohibited purposes for funds raised
15 (1) An approved corporation must use the funds raised through a specified issue for
the following purposes only:
(a) the purpose stated in the corporation’s application for approval;
(b) business activities within the Province, unless the corporation requires
expertise or materials that cannot be sourced within the Province.
(2) All of the following purposes are prescribed as prohibited purposes for the use of
funds raised through a specified issue:
(a) lending;
(b) acquiring securities;
(c) purchasing land, other than land that is required for the active business the
approved corporation is primarily engaged in;
(d) funding all or part of the purchase of services or assets at a price that is
greater than the fair market value of the services or assets;
(da) funding the establishment of offices or manufacturing outside the Province;
(e) paying dividends;
(f) redeeming or purchasing previously issued shares of the approved
corporation or an associated corporation;
(g) retiring any part of a liability of a shareholder of the approved corporation or
an associated corporation;
(h) funding the purchase of all, or substantially all, of the assets of an existing
proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, trust or company;
(i) repaying a debt to any of the following:
(i) a director, officer or shareholder of the approved corporation,
(ii) an affiliate of a director, officer or shareholder of the approved
corporation.
Cancelling approval and revocation of certificate of registration
16 (1) A corporation’s approval is automatically cancelled, and its certificate of
registration is automatically revoked, if any of the following occurs:
(a) the approved corporation uses the funds raised through the specified issue
for a prohibited purpose;
(b) for each of the 4 years immediately after the date its certificate of
registration expires, the approved corporation does not pay at least 50% of
its remuneration to employees or full-time contractors who are residents of
the Province and report to or deal with a permanent establishment of the
approved corporation in the Province;
(ba) for each of the 4 years immediately after the date its certificate of
registration expires, the approved corporation’s principal business is one of
the businesses listed in clause 6(k);
(c) the approved corporation’s head office relocates out of the Province within
4 years after the date its certificate of registration expires;
(d) the approved corporation ceases to use all, or substantially all, of the fair
market value of its property in an active business at any time within 4 years
after the date its certificate of registration expires;
(e) the approved corporation has issued shares of the same, or substantially the
same, class as the shares issued as part of the specified issue to an individual
for an unreasonably low cost per right to vote, such that an eligible investor
is unable to exercise any real influence in the management of the approved
corporation;
(f) the approved corporation sells assets with a book value that, when deducted
from the total book value of the assets of the approved corporation,
impinges on the funds raised through the specified issue;
(g) the approved corporation has misrepresented information to the Minister of
Finance and Treasury Board for the Province either knowingly or
negligently.
(2) The Minister of Finance and Treasury Board for the Province may cancel a
corporation’s approval and revoke its certificate of registration at any time after the
certificate is issued in any of the following circumstances:
(a) in the opinion of the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board for the
Province, the approved corporation has not complied with the Act or these
regulations, or the spirit and intent of the Act or these regulations;
(b) in the opinion of the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board for the
Province, the approved corporation is no longer conforming to the business
plan submitted with their application for approval;
(c) the approved corporation has not used the funds raised through the specified
issue within 4 years after the date that its certificate of registration expires.
(3) Instead of cancelling a corporation’s approval and revoking its certificate of
registration under subsection (2), the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board for
the Province may impose a penalty on the corporation.
(4) If a corporation’s approval has been cancelled and its certificate of registration
revoked under subsection (1) or subsection (2), the Minister of Finance and
Treasury Board for the Province may
(a) impose a penalty on the corporation; and
(b) upon application by the corporation, reinstate the corporation’s approval and
certificate of registration.
(5) The Minister of Finance and Treasury Board [for the Province] may, in their
discretion, determine the amount of the penalty to be imposed under subsection (3)
or (4), to a maximum amount that is equal to the aggregate of all amounts shown
on the tax-credit certificates that were issued to the corporation’s eligible investors
in respect of all of its specified issues.
Anti-avoidance
17 (1) If the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board for the Province determines that a
reason for the existence of 2 or more separate eligible corporations is to increase
the amount of funds raised above the maximum amount permitted by subsection
7(2), the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board for the Province may consider
the eligible corporations to be 1 eligible corporation.
(2) If the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board for the Province determines that a
corporation’s business was in existence for more than 10 years before the date of
its application for approval, and the business was acquired by or incorporated as a
new corporation in order to satisfy the requirement in clause 6(b), the Minister of
Finance and Treasury Board for the Province may consider the corporation to have
been incorporated more than 10 years before the application date.
(3) The Minister of Finance and Treasury Board for the Province may refuse or cancel
the approval and revoke the certificates of registration for corporations that are
considered to be 1 eligible corporation or to have been in existence for more than
10 years under this Section.
Surrender of approval and certificate of registration
18 At the request of an approved corporation, the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board
for the Province may accept the surrender of its approval and certificate of registration if
the approved corporation pays to the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board for the
Province any amount it is required to pay under subclause 20(1)(b)(ii).
Recovery of tax credits
19 (1) The following are the circumstances under which an eligible investor who has
made a deduction under Section 37A of the Act is required to pay the amount of
the deduction to the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board for the Province
under subsection 37A(10) of the Act:
(a) if the eligible investor is not entitled to the deduction under the Act or these
regulations;
(b) if the eligible investor disposed of or is deemed to have disposed of an
eligible investment before the holding period expires unless the disposition
arose as a result of
(i) the eligible investor’s death,
(ia) an amalgamation of the approved corporation with another
corporation provided that the new corporation is a
Canadian-controlled private corporation with its head office in the
Province,
(ii) a transfer to a registered retirement savings plan or a registered
retirement income fund under the Income Tax Act (Canada),
(iii) the approved corporation that issued the share or convertible
debenture ceasing to conduct business as a result of, in the opinion of
the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board for the Province, the
financial failure of the approved corporation,
(iv) the exchange of a share of 1 series in a class of shares for a share of a
different series in the same class of shares, if each series of shares in
the class meets the eligibility requirements of the Act.
(2) If an eligible investor disposes of, or is deemed to have disposed of, an eligible
investment before the holding period expires because the approved corporation is
wound up or dissolved for reasons other than as provided in subclause (1)(b)(iii),
the amount repaid to the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board for the Province
must be the amount determined by the following formula:
TTC × ((48 - MH) ÷ 48)
in which
TTC = the total innovation equity tax credit received for the eligible investment
MH = the number of months the eligible investment has been held.
(3) An eligible investor is not liable under clause (1)(b) if the approved corporation
withholds and remits the amount of the innovation equity tax credit to the Minister
of Finance and Treasury Board for the Province in accordance with subsection
20(2), and it is a repurchase, redemption or repayment of the eligible investment by
the approved corporation.
Liability
20 (1) All of the following circumstances are prescribed as the circumstances in which an
approved corporation is jointly and severally liable under subsection 37A(11) of
the Act to pay to the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board for the Province the
following amounts:
(a) if its eligible investors are required to pay an amount under Section 19, any
amount an eligible investor is required to repay to the Minister of Finance
and Treasury Board for the Province under that Section;
(b) any time after a specified issue has occurred and the tax credit certificates
have been issued, an amount equal to the aggregate of all amounts of
innovation equity tax credits issued for the specified issue if any of the
following occurs:
(i) the corporation’s approval is cancelled and certificate of registration
is revoked,
(ii) the corporation surrenders its approval and certificate of registration,
(iii) the corporation is issued a tax-credit certificate under Section 47,
Section 47A, Section 47B, or Section 49A of the Act within 4 years
after the date its certificate of registration expires,
(iv) the corporation is approved for a payroll rebate or an innovation
rebate from Nova Scotia Business Incorporated within 4 years after
the date of its certificate of registration expires.
(2) If an approved corporation repurchases, redeems or repays an eligible investment
in a transaction not permitted under the Act or these regulations, the approved
corporation must withhold the amount of the innovation equity tax credit from the
amount to be paid to the eligible investor and, no later than 30 days after the
transaction, remit it along with details of the transaction to the Minister of Finance
and Treasury Board for the Province.
(3) Any of the following who permits or acquiesces to a transaction or event, or a
series of transactions or events, that the person knew or ought to have known at
that time would cause the certificate of registration to be revoked, that person is
jointly and severally liable for the amounts specified in clause (1)(b):
(a) a director or officer of an approved corporation;
(b) a member of a group that controls the approved corporation;
(c) a shareholder who controls the approved corporation.
Waiver and prorating payment
21 Despite Sections 19 and 20, upon application, the Minister of Finance and Treasury
Board for the Province may waive or prorate the repayment of any amount due from a
shareholder or approved corporation under those Sections.
Debt due to the Crown
22 Any amount required to be paid to the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board for the
Province under Section 37A of the Act or these regulations is a debt due to the Crown in
right of the Province and may be recovered in a court.
Annual return from approved corporation that completes specified issue
23 (1) An approved corporation that completes a specified issue must prepare and file an
annual return with the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board for the Province in
the form approved by the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board for the Province
that includes any information required by the Minister of Finance and Treasury
Board for the Province to ensure the requirements of the Act and these regulations
are met.
(2) An annual return required by subsection (1) must be filed no later than 6 months
after the date of an approved corporation’s taxation year end.
(3) An annual return required by subsection (1) must be filed each year for each of the
4 years immediately after the date that the approved corporation’s certificate of
registration expires.
Records kept by approved corporations
24 (1) An approved corporation must keep records in the form required by the Minister of
Finance and Treasury Board for the Province and containing any information that
the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board for the Province considers necessary to
determine that the approved corporation is complying with Section 37A of the Act
and these regulations.
(2) An approved corporation must keep the records required by subsection (1) at its
head office or at another place approved by the Minister of Finance and Treasury
Board for the Province.
Access to records
25 (1) An approved corporation must provide the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board
for the Province with any information and records that the Minister of Finance and
Treasury Board for the Province requires to allow the Minister of Finance and
Treasury Board for the Province to ensure, to their satisfaction, that the approved
corporation is in compliance with Section 37A of [the] Act and these regulations.
(2) An approved corporation must permit any person designated by the Minister of
Finance and Treasury Board for the Province to enter its premises during normal
business hours to examine its records to ensure compliance with Section 37A of
the Act and these regulations.
Public record of approved corporations and tax credits issued
26 The Minister of Finance and Treasury Board for the Province must maintain a record of
all of the following and make it available to the public, in the form of a document, report
or website, for each specified issue of all approved corporations:
(a) names and registration date;
(b) total potential tax credits approved;
(c) actual tax credits issued;
(d) number of eligible investors.
Legislative History
Reference Tables
Innovation Equity Tax Credit Regulations
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N.S. Reg.
21/2020
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Income Tax Act
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Note: The
information in these tables does not form part of the regulations and is
compiled by the Office of the Registrar of Regulations for reference only. |
Source Law
The current consolidation of the Innovation Equity Tax Credit Regulations made
under the Income Tax Act includes all of the following regulations:
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21/2020
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Apr 1, 2019 |
date specified |
Feb 28, 2020 |
253/2022 |
Nov 15, 2022 |
date specified |
Dec 2, 2022 |
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The following regulations are not yet in force and are
not included in the current consolidation:
*See subsection 3(6) of the Regulations Act for
rules about in force dates of regulations.
Amendments by Provision
ad. = added
am. = amended |
fc. = fee change
ra. = reassigned |
rep. = repealed
rs. = repealed and substituted |
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2, defn. of “Canadian-controlled private corporation”..................................... |
ad. 253/2022
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6(a)................................................... |
rs. 253/2022 |
6(ba)................................................. |
ad. 253/2022
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6(k)(vii)-(viii)................................... |
rep. 253/2022
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6(p)................................................... |
rep. 253/2022
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6A..................................................... |
ad. 253/2022
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15(1)(b)............................................. |
am. 253/2022 |
15(2)(da)........................................... |
ad. 253/2022
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16(1)(a)............................................. |
am. 253/2022 |
16(1)(ba)........................................... |
ad. 253/2022
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17(2)................................................. |
am. 253/2022 |
19(1)(b)(ia)....................................... |
ad. 253/2022
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23(2)................................................. |
am. 253/2022 |
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Note that changes to headings are not
included in the above table.
Editorial Notes and Corrections
Repealed and Superseded
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13/2019 |
Innovation Equity Tax Credit Regulations
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Jan 17, 2019 |
Apr 1, 2019 |
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Note: Only
regulations that are specifically repealed and replaced appear in this
table. It may not reflect the entire
history of regulations on this subject matter.