Contributor - Accidents and Regulations

Contributor - Accidents and Regulations

Gordon Gilbert

Canada’s 10% luxury tax on certain aircraft remained unchanged in the new federal budget released last month, despite a second recommendation from&nbsp;Canada’s House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance (FINA) that the country’s new budget proposal “exclude aircraft from the&nbsp;luxury&nbsp;items tax&nbsp;act and place a moratorium on the luxury tax on aircraft pending further industry consultation.”
Reaction by the Canadian Business Aviation Association was immediate and firm.&nbsp;“We remain committed to educating and advocating on behalf of our industry regarding the true cost of the luxury tax on aircraft,” CBAA president and CEO Anthony Norejko told&nbsp;AIN. “In the end, it hurts Canadian jobs and our economic productivity.”
After the tax&nbsp;went into effect in September&nbsp;2022,&nbsp;the government&nbsp;incorporated&nbsp;a concession to business aviation by adding the use of aircraft for business to the list of “qualifying flights” that are exempted from the tax. Specifically, an aircraft is qualified if it is conducted at least 90 percent of the time “in the course of a business of an owner or lessee with a reasonable expectation of profit..”
Nevertheless,&nbsp;Pierre Pyun,&nbsp;vice president&nbsp;of&nbsp;government and&nbsp;industry&nbsp;affairs at Bombardier, said at CBAA’s Ontario Chapter meeting&nbsp;last month&nbsp;that the luxury tax appears to have influenced the loss of 3,800 Canadian jobs and $1.1 billion in lost revenue&nbsp;through&nbsp;March 2023.
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