FN85 – Taxes & Duties

Records of the collection and payment of taxes and duties levied by various levels of government.

Responsible Unit | Information Steward | Information Confidentiality Classification | Retention | Disposition | Authority | Retention Rationale | Version Information

Content & Scope

The records include charitable tax returns, tax statements, declarations or recoveries of taxes for goods and services, excise tax remittances and exemptions, customs documentation, brokerage and traffic invoices, and year end reports.

Responsible Unit

Finance.

Information Steward

Vice President, Administration & Finance.

Information Confidentiality Classification

Confidential.

Retention

7 years.

Disposition

Secure Destruction.

Note

Responsible Units should document the disposal/destruction of official records using the University records destruction form or equivalent documentation, to verify that we are following our records retention rules.

Authority

  • Income Tax Act, 1985, s.230 (4)(b).
  • Excise Act, 2001 s.206.
  • Excise Tax Act, 1985, s.286 (3).

Retention Rationale

Income Tax Act, 1985, s. 230 (4) (b) specifies that records be kept for 6 years after the taxation year to which they relate. The Excise Act and Excise Tax Act have similar requirements for records relating to excise taxes and GST.

Approval Date

14 April 2010