Canada: Proposed luxury tax on vehicles, boats, and aircraft
The new luxury tax would generally be effective and apply 1 September 2022.
Vehicles, boats, and aircraft
The Department of Finance released draft legislation for a new luxury tax regime that would impose new obligations for vendors, importers, and purchasers of subject vehicles, boats, and aircraft, as well as administrative and transition rules.
The new luxury tax would generally be effective and apply 1 September 2022. In general:
- Sales agreements related to “subject items” would be subject to the new luxury tax, unless the purchaser entered into the agreement in writing before 20 April 2021.
- The draft legislation outlines the criteria to determine whether an aircraft or a boat is subject to the luxury tax. Special rules would apply for improvements to vehicles, aircraft, and boats, and imports of subject items.
- When a purchaser provides a specific exemption certificate, the vendor would be granted relief from the application of the luxury tax (including when the purchaser certifies that it is a registered vendor).
The Department of Finance will accept comments on the draft legislation until 11 April 2022.
Read a March 2022 report [PDF 204 KB] prepared by the KPMG member firm in Canada
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