Is someone else completing and filing your rebate application for you?

If you enter into an agreement with someone else to complete and file your rebate application for you, this is a separate, private arrangement between you and the other person. In this case, you have to pay the full amount of GST/HST due to the supplier and wait to get the rebate from us.

Note
Depending on your agreement, the person that files the rebate application for you may give you an amount equal to the estimated amount of the rebate out of their own funds, so you do not have to wait for your funds. This arrangement is not the same as a supplier paying or crediting you with the rebate amount. Sometimes they may charge you a fee for filing the application.

If you enter into an agreement for someone else to file your rebate application for you, all of the required documents have to be provided to validate the rebate claim. Proof that you have authorized the person to file the rebate application on your behalf, such as a power of attorney, must also be provided with the application.

For more information on the required document, see:

• Required documents for tour operators;
• Required documents for non-resident businesses, organizations, and individuals;
• Required documents for sponsors and organizers of foreign conventions; and
• Required documents for non-resident exhibitors.

We cannot accept and act on a power of attorney unless it contains all of the following:

• a statement that the authorized person is not affiliated with the Government of Canada or the Canada Revenue Agency;
• complete and upfront disclosure of any fees the authorized person charges you to complete and file the rebate application for you;
• a statement that you authorize the other person to act on your behalf;
• a statement that the power of attorney is for a rebate of the GST/HST under the Foreign Convention and Tour Incentive Program;
• your name, address, telephone number, email address (if you have one), and your signature; and
• the name, address, telephone and fax numbers, and email address (if applicable) of the person you are authorizing.

Regardless of how you structure your business arrangement with the authorized person, we mail the cheque payable to you to the address on Form GST115, GST/HST Rebate Application for Tour Packages or Form GST386, Rebate Application for Conventions. The address could be your address outside Canada or the authorized person's address in Canada.

Forms and publications

• Forms and publications - Foreign convention and tour incentive program