Bill 53 explained in plain English
Taxation Amendment Act (Payment of the Ontario Trillium Benefit), 2012
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Bill 53 allows eligible individuals to elect to receive the Ontario Trillium Benefit as a single payment if their total annual benefit is between $2 and $360.
This bill, the Taxation Amendment Act (Payment of the Ontario Trillium Benefit), 2012, proposes to amend the Taxation Act, 2007. It would allow individuals who are eligible for the Ontario Trillium Benefit to choose to receive their benefit as a single payment instead of monthly, provided the total benefit amount is between $2 and $360 for the year. The Minister of Finance would have the power to make regulations for any transitional matters related to this change. The Act comes into force on a date to be proclaimed.
- Amends the Taxation Act, 2007.
- Introduces an option for individuals to elect to receive the Ontario Trillium Benefit as a single payment.
- Specifies that this option is available if the total annual Ontario Trillium Benefit is between $2 and $360.
- Allows the Minister of Finance to create regulations for transitional matters.
- States that the Act comes into force on a day to be named by proclamation.
- Individuals eligible for the Ontario Trillium Benefit.
- The Minister of Finance (Ontario).
- Individuals have the right to elect to receive the Ontario Trillium Benefit as a single payment if their total annual benefit is between $2 and $360.
- Individuals must designate their preference in their return of income for that base taxation year to receive a single payment.
- The Act comes into force on a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor.
- The change affects the payment schedule of the Ontario Trillium Benefit for eligible individuals.
- The specific date the Act comes into force is not yet determined, as it depends on a proclamation by the Lieutenant Governor.
- The conditions for electing a single payment are limited to cases where the total annual Ontario Trillium Benefit is between $2 and $360.
This Act will be amended to allow individuals eligible for the Ontario Trillium Benefit to elect to receive it as a single payment if the total amount is between $2 and $360.
Source: Section 1 (1) and (2)
Subsection 103.3 (3) will have "Subject to subsection (3.1)" added at the beginning. New subsections (3.1) and (3.2) will be added to allow for the single payment election and for regulations regarding transitional matters.
Source: Section 1 (1) and (2)
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