I-3 - Taxation Act

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37.0.3. Without restricting the generality of sections 36 and 37, an individual shall, in computing the income of the individual for the year from an office or employment, include
(a)  the value of any indemnity for meals or transportation between the individual’s ordinary place of residence and the individual’s work location received by the individual in the year, as an allowance or refund or under any other form, for overtime worked in the course of performing the duties of the individual’s office or employment; and
(b)  any amount that is the amount by which the value of a meal or service of transportation between the individual’s ordinary place of residence and the individual’s work location supplied in the year for overtime worked in performing the duties of the individual’s office or employment exceeds the amount the individual pays in respect of the meal or service of transportation.
However, the individual is not required in computing the income of the individual to include an amount referred to in the first paragraph in relation to overtime if it was worked at the request of the employer for a scheduled period of at least two consecutive hours and are infrequent or occasional in nature and if,
(a)  in the case of an indemnity for meals or a meal supplied,
i.  the value of the indemnity for meals or of the meal supplied is reasonable, and
ii.  in the case of an indemnity for meals, the indemnity is the full or partial refund, upon presentation of vouchers, of the meal expenses incurred by the individual because of the overtime; and
(b)  in the case of an indemnity for transportation or a service of transportation supplied,
i.  public transit is not available or it is reasonable to consider that, under the circumstances, the individual’s safety would be jeopardized because of the time at which the transportation is provided, and
ii.  in the case of an indemnity for transportation, the indemnity is the full or partial refund, upon presentation of vouchers, of the taxi transportation expenses incurred by the individual because of the overtime to travel between the individual’s ordinary place of residence and the individual’s work location.
2003, c. 9, s. 16; 2015, c. 21, s. 100.
37.0.3. Without restricting the generality of sections 36 and 37, an individual shall, in computing the income of the individual for the year from an office or employment, include
(a)  the value of any indemnity for meals or transportation between the individual’s ordinary place of residence and the individual’s work location received by the individual in the year, as an allowance or refund or under any other form, for overtime worked in the course of performing the duties of the individual’s office or employment; and
(b)  any amount that is the amount by which the value of a meal or service of transportation between the individual’s ordinary place of residence and the individual’s work location supplied in the year for overtime worked in performing the duties of the individual’s office or employment exceeds the amount the individual pays in respect of the meal or service of transportation.
However, the individual is not required in computing the income of the individual to include an amount referred to in the first paragraph in relation to overtime if it was worked at the request of the employer for a scheduled period of at least three consecutive hours and are infrequent or occasional in nature and if,
(a)  in the case of an indemnity for meals or a meal supplied,
i.  the value of the indemnity for meals or of the meal supplied is reasonable, and
ii.  in the case of an indemnity for meals, the indemnity is the full or partial refund, upon presentation of vouchers, of the meal expenses incurred by the individual because of the overtime; and
(b)  in the case of an indemnity for transportation or a service of transportation supplied,
i.  public transit is not available or it is reasonable to consider that, under the circumstances, the individual’s safety would be jeopardized because of the time at which the transportation is provided, and
ii.  in the case of an indemnity for transportation, the indemnity is the full or partial refund, upon presentation of vouchers, of the taxi transportation expenses incurred by the individual because of the overtime to travel between the individual’s ordinary place of residence and the individual’s work location.
2003, c. 9, s. 16.