Section 263.2 — Excise Tax Act: Rebates in respect of beverages in returnable containers

For the purposes of sections 252, 260 and 261.1, if a person is the recipient of a supply of a beverage in a filled and sealed returnable container or of a used and empty returnable container (or the material resulting from its compaction) and the supplier is deemed under paragraph 226(2)(b) or (4)(b) to have made to the person a taxable supply of a service in respect of the returnable container, tax paid in respect of the supply of the service is deemed to have been paid in respect of the supply of the beverage, empty returnable container or material, as the case may be.