Please note that the following document, although believed to be correct at the time of issue, may not represent the current position of the CRA.
Prenez note que ce document, bien qu'exact au moment émis, peut ne pas représenter la position actuelle de l'ARC.
Principal Issues: What constitutes an employer's establishment?
Position: An employer's establishment is the place where an employee reports for work whether or not the employer has an establishment there.
Reasons: Regulation 100(4) & 102(1).
May 12, 2011
Trust Account Programs Division HEADQUARTERS
Income Tax Rulings
Directorate
Attention: Marlene Sylvest, Manager Lindsay Frank
Policy and Legislative
Services Section (613) 948-2227
2011-040012
The Ambit of an Employer's Establishment
This is in reply to a request from Dian Hardiman for a technical interpretation as to what constitutes an employer's establishment for the purpose of deductions at source.
Paragraph 153(1)(a) of the Income Tax Act, R.S.C. 1985, c.1 (5th Supp.), requires an employer to withhold an amount from any remuneration that is being paid. Subsection 100(1) of the Income Tax Regulations, C.R.C., c. 945 (the "Regulations") defines "remuneration" to include salary or wages, or commissions or other similar amounts paid to an officer or employee.
Where an employee reports for work at an establishment of an employer in a province, subsection 102(1) of the Regulations provides the rules regarding the amount that the employer is required to deduct or withhold from remuneration pursuant to subsection 153(1) of the Act. However, if the employee is not required to report for work at any of the employer's establishments, subsection 100(4) of the Regulations contains a number of relevant deeming provisions.
If the remuneration is salary, wages, or commissions, the employee is deemed, under paragraph 100(4)(a), to report for work at the employer's establishment from which the remuneration is paid. For other types of remunerations, paragraph 100(4)(b) provides that the employee shall be deemed to report for work at the employer's establishment in the province where he or she resides. Paragraph 100(4)(b) further provides that if the employer does not have an establishment in that province, the employer shall be deemed to have an establishment there. In this respect, it should be noted that in subsection 35(1) of the Interpretation Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. l-21, the definition of "province" includes the territories, namely,Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and Nunuvut.
Should you have any questions or require additional information, please do not hesitate to contact Lindsay Frank at the number provided at the outset.
B.J. Skulski
Manager
Insolvency and Administrative Law Section
International and Trusts Division
Income Tax Rulings Directorate
c.c. Dian Hardiman
Policy and Legislative Services Section
Trust Account Programs Division
All rights reserved. Permission is granted to electronically copy and to print in hard copy for internal use only. No part of this information may be reproduced, modified, transmitted or redistributed in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, or stored in a retrieval system for any purpose other than noted above (including sales), without prior written permission of Canada Revenue Agency, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0L5
© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, 2011
Tous droits réservés. Il est permis de copier sous forme électronique ou d'imprimer pour un usage interne seulement. Toutefois, il est interdit de reproduire, de modifier, de transmettre ou de redistributer de l'information, sous quelque forme ou par quelque moyen que ce soit, de facon électronique, méchanique, photocopies ou autre, ou par stockage dans des systèmes d'extraction ou pour tout usage autre que ceux susmentionnés (incluant pour fin commerciale), sans l'autorisation écrite préalable de l'Agence du revenu du Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0L5.
© Sa Majesté la Reine du Chef du Canada, 2011
