This form must be used to authorize the British Columbia Ministry of Finances to communicate information with respect to the Logging Tax Act to the representative.
When you choose to update the information on the form based on the information entered in Form Representative Authorization Request (Jump Code: AUTHORIZATION), the program transfers the name of the representative in Part 2 of Form FIN 146. In the case where you choose to update the form according to the information entered on Form Request to Cancel Authorization of a Representative (Jump Code: CANCELLATION), the program transfers the name of the representative in Part 3 of Form FIN 146.
General information
Do you have a valid authorization?
The program automatically answers the question Do you have a valid authorization? based on the information entered in the form.
The answer to this question will be “Yes” if, in Form FIN 146:
- the box You had a valid authorization in the previous year is selected;
- the date entered in the field “Expiry date of the authorization rolled forward from last year (from former Form FIN 571)” field is not passed. (if you are filing another authorization with Form FIN 146, no data will be retained in the “Expiry date of the authorization rolled forward from last year” (from former Form FIN 571)” field);
- a date is indicated in the field “Date the form was last submitted or form signature date of the preceding fiscal period” field.
The answer to this question will be “No” if:
- you create a new client file;
- in Form FIN 146, the date entered in the “Expiry date of the authorization rolled forward from last year (from former Form FIN 571)” field is passed (if you are filing another authorization with Form FIN 146, no data will be retained in the “Expiry date of the authorization rolled forward from last year (from former Form FIN 571)” field);
- Form FIN 146 contains no rolled forward data and no date is entered in the “Expiry date of the authorization rolled forward from last year (from former Form FIN 571)” field or in the “Date the form was last submitted or form signature date of the preceding fiscal period” field.
Date the form was last submitted or form signature date of the preceding fiscal period
The value that was entered in the “Signature” section of the form for the previous year will be rolled forward to the field “Date the form was last submitted or form signature date of the preceding fiscal period” field of the “Rolled Forward Data” section. In this field, you will also be able to enter the date on which you have filed this form. The value in this field used to determine if you have an authorization for this client.