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Fourth Session, Thirty-Ninth Legislature

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Bill 207

THE TAX ADMINISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS TAXES AMENDMENT ACT
(LAND TRANSFER TAX EXEMPTION FOR FIRST-TIME HOME BUYERS)


Explanatory Note

(Assented to                                         )

HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows:

C.C.S.M. c. T2 amended

1

The Tax Administration and Miscellaneous Taxes Act is amended by this Act.

2(1)

The following is added after clause 114(1)(c):

(c.1) a transfer of a residential property where the transferee is an individual

(i) who has not previously owned residential property in Manitoba ,

(ii) whose spouse or common-law partner, if any, has not previously owned residential property in Manitoba, and

(iii) who will be using the property as his or her primary residence;

2(2)

Subsection 114(2) is amended by striking out "clause (1)(e)" and substituting "clause (1)(c.1) or (e)".

3

The following is added after section 121:

Regulations

121.1

The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations

(a) establishing requirements for property to be considered a residential property for the purpose of clause 114(1)(c.1);

(b) respecting any matter that the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers necessary or advisable to carry out the purposes of this Part.

Coming into force

4

This Act comes into force on the day it receives royal assent.

Explanatory Note

This Bill amends The Tax Administration and Miscellaneous Taxes Act to exempt first-time purchasers of residential property from paying the land transfer tax.