Section 229 — Excise Tax Act: Payment of net tax refund

Where a net tax refund payable to a person is claimed in a return filed under this Division by the person, the Minister shall pay the refund to the person with all due dispatch after the return is filed. A net tax refund for a reporting period of a person shall not be paid to the person under subsection (1) at any time unless all returns of which the Minister has knowledge and that are required to be filed at or before that time by the person under this Act, the Income Tax Act , the Air Travellers Security Charge Act , the Excise Act, 2001 , the Underused Housing Tax Act , the Select Luxury Items Tax Act and the Global Minimum Tax Act have been filed with the Minister. The Minister is not required to pay a net tax refund under subsection (1) to a person that is a registrant unless the Minister is satisfied that all information, that is contact information or that is information relating to the identification and business activities of the person, to be given by the person on the application for registration made by the person under section 240 has been provided and is accurate. If a net tax refund for a reporting period of a person is paid to the person under subsection (1), interest at the prescribed rate shall be paid to the person on the net tax refund for the period beginning on the day that is 30 days after the later of the day the return in which the refund is claimed is filed with the Minister and the day following the last day of the reporting period and ending on the day the refund is paid. [Repealed, 2006, c. 4, s. 139]