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C-285 Used Car Tax Cut Act: An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act (used motor vehicles)

Removes the federal sales tax from sales of used motor vehicles.

What Bill C-285 would do

The bill would amend the Excise Tax Act to make used motor vehicles zero-rated supplies, removing the federal sales tax on them. The published material gives no further detail.

Official text

Official summary

This enactment amends the Excise Tax Act in order to add used motor vehicles to the list of zero-rated supplies.

The government's summary, printed at the front of the bill as introduced.

Kind
Private member's bill
Sponsor
Andrew Lawton, Member of Parliament (Elgin—St. Thomas—London South)
Introduced
in the House of Commons
Last activity

Where it stands

  1. ProposedJun 12 Exact stageOutside the Order of Precedence · since June 12, 2026Introduced, but not debated yet.
  2. Being debated
  3. Almost law
  4. Law

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  1. First reading in the House done

    Before the House on 1 sitting day,

  2. Second reading in the House now

  3. Committee in the House not yet

  4. Report stage in the House not yet

  5. Third reading in the House not yet

  6. First reading in the Senate not yet

  7. Second reading in the Senate not yet

  8. Third reading in the Senate not yet

  9. Royal assent not yet

Exact procedural stages

Officially: Outside the Order of Precedence · since June 12, 2026.

  1. House
  2. Senate
  3. Royal assent

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