R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 896: GENERAL, Ontario Pensioners Property Tax Assistance Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. O.33

Ontario Pensioners Property Tax Assistance Act
Loi sur l’allégement de l’impôt foncier des retraités de l’Ontario

REGULATION 896

Amended to O. Reg. 299/91

GENERAL

Note: This Regulation became spent some time before January 1, 2004.

This Regulation is made in English only.

1. For the purposes of the definition of “municipal tax” in clause 1 (d) of the Act,

(a) amounts paid for commutation of statute labour under the Statute Labour Act or a bylaw under the authority of that Act;

(b) amounts paid for fees charged by a school board and licence fees levied by a municipality in respect of mobile homes; and

(c) taxes imposed under the Local Services Boards Act and levied under the Provincial Land Tax Act,

are prescribed. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 896, s. 1.

2. For the purpose of the definition of “principal residence” in section 1 of the Act, the prescribed manners shall be by completing an application referred to in subsection 2 (1) of the Act. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 896, s. 2.

3. Where an applicant or his or her spouse who is an eligible person does not pay full rent for the occupation of the applicant’s principal residence where the applicant does not own the residence, but furnishes work or services to the owner or lessee of such principal residence, the value of the benefit that the applicant or his or her spouse receives from paying less than full rent may, for the purpose of determining the applicant’s occupancy costs, be included by such applicant as part of the rent that the applicant or his or her spouse has paid with respect to the principal residence, but the amount of such benefit may be so included only to the extent that the benefit is included in computing the income of the applicant or his or her spouse in accordance with the requirements of the Income Tax Act (Canada) for the year in respect of which such work or services are furnished. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 896, s. 3.

4. REVOKED: O. Reg. 299/91, s. 1.