Section 363.1 — Excise Tax Act: Election for shorter reporting period

Any person who, immediately before the implementation date for a participating province, is resident in that province and registered under Subdivision D of Division V may, subject to section 250, if the reporting period of the person immediately before that implementation date is a fiscal quarter, make an election under section 246 to have reporting periods that are fiscal months of the person to take effect, despite paragraph 246(1)(a), on the first day of any fiscal quarter of the person that begins before the day that is one year after that implementation date;

and if the reporting period of the person immediately before that implementation date is a fiscal year, make an election under section 246 to have reporting periods that are fiscal months of the person to take effect, despite paragraph 246(1)(a), on the first day of any fiscal quarter of the person that begins before the day that is one year after that implementation date, or make an election under section 247 to have reporting periods that are fiscal quarters of the person to take effect, despite paragraph 247(1)(a), on the first day of any fiscal quarter of the person that begins before the day that is one year after that implementation date.