Bulletin: March 31, 2024 Adjustment to Fees

Gatineau, March 28, 2024

The Service Fees Act (Act) establishes administrative obligations, and requires that program fees be adjusted annually in accordance with the Consumer Price Index (CPI). All fees administered by the Canadian Audio-Visual Certification Office (CAVCO) fall under paragraph 2(1)(e) of the definition of “fee” in the Act, and are considered as fees payable for “the provision of a regulatory process.”

Every year on March 31, some Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC) and Film or Video Production Services Tax Credit (PSTC) fixed-rate program fees are adjusted. The fee adjustments will be equal to the percentage change over 12 months in the April All-items Consumer Price Index for Canada, as published by Statistics Canada under the Statistics Act, for the previous fiscal year. All applications submitted as of the effective date will be subject to the fee adjustment. The tables below outline the upcoming fee changes.

Exemptions

CAVCO’s main CPTC application fees are exempt from an annual adjustment as they are based on a percentage of a production’s Eligible Labour Costs (0.30% for a Part A/B or 0.15% for a Part A and 0.15% for a Part B when they are submitted separately), and as a result, already self-adjust for inflation. However, the CPTC Part A/B minimum fee is considered a fixed-rate fee and is subject to the annual CPI adjustment.

CPTC and PSTC certified copy fees are exempt from the annual fee adjustment as they are considered “low materiality.”

For questions relating to the Service Fees Act or the annual fee adjustment, please email us at bcpac-cavco@pch.gc.ca.