Bill 136 explained in plain English
Estate Administration Tax Abolition Act, 2015
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 41st Parliament, 1st Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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This Act abolishes the estate administration tax and caps court filing fees for estate certificates in Ontario for deaths occurring on or after the date of Royal Assent.
Bill 136, the Estate Administration Tax Abolition Act, 2015, abolishes the estate administration tax in Ontario. It also sets a maximum fee for filing certain estate certificates with the court. The Act specifies that it does not apply to individuals who died on or after the date the Act received Royal Assent.
- Abolishes the estate administration tax in Ontario.
- Sets a maximum fee for filing specific estate certificates with the court.
- Specifies that the Act's provisions do not apply to estates of individuals who died on or after the date the Act received Royal Assent.
- Estates of individuals who died on or after the date Bill 136 received Royal Assent.
- The courts in Ontario.
- Individuals or entities responsible for filing estate certificates.
- The right to not have estate administration tax imposed on estates of individuals who died on or after the date the Act received Royal Assent.
- The obligation to pay a maximum fee for certain estate certificates, capped at the fee for filing a statement of claim in the Superior Court of Justice.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Abolishes the estate administration tax.
- Caps the fees for filing specific estate certificates.
- The specific amount of the capped fee for estate certificates is not detailed in the Act, only that it will not exceed the fee for filing a statement of claim in the Superior Court of Justice.
- The Act does not specify what happens to estate administration tax that may have been paid on estates where the date of death is on or after the date of Royal Assent.
The Act is amended to state that it does not apply to the estate of an individual whose date of death is on or after the day this new Act receives Royal Assent. It also clarifies that no tax can be imposed under this Act for such estates.
Source: Section 1
The Act is amended by adding a section that caps the fee payable for certain estate certificates (certificate of appointment of estate trustee, certificate of succeeding estate trustee, and certificate of estate trustee during litigation) to not exceed the fee for filing a statement of claim in the Superior Court of Justice.
Source: Section 2
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