Section 204 — Excise Tax Act: Application

This section does not apply to personal property of a financial institution having a cost to the institution of $50,000 or less. Where a financial institution is a registrant, subsections 206(2) to (5) apply, with such modifications as the circumstances require, to personal property acquired or imported by the institution for use as capital property of the institution, and to improvements to personal property that is capital property of the institution, as if the personal property were real property. Where a financial institution is a registrant, subsection 193(1) applies, with such modifications as the circumstances require, to personal property (other than a passenger vehicle) acquired or imported by the institution for use as capital property of the institution, as if the personal property were real property.