• Use this schedule to claim the Manitoba book publishing tax credit under section 10.4 of the Manitoba Income Tax Act. You must apply no later than
18 months after the end of the tax year for which you are claiming the credit.
• You are eligible to claim this tax credit if you are a book publisher with a permanent establishment in Manitoba, you paid at least 25% of the wages
and salaries to Manitoba residents, and you answered yes to all the questions in Part 1 of this schedule.
• The Manitoba book publishing tax credit is a refundable credit that is equal to 40% of eligible book publishing labour costs and non-refundable monetary
advances made to authors, to a maximum of $100,000. An additional 15% credit is available for eligible printing costs.
• Book publishing labour costs include reasonable salaries and wages paid in the tax year and before 2025 to employees resident in Manitoba
on December 31 of that tax year, and 65% of contracted Manitoba labour costs paid in the tax year and before 2025. These costs are related to
publishing hardcover, paperback or electronic books, but not to the marketing or promotion of books.
• Eligible printing costs are the costs paid in the tax year for printing, assembling and binding eligible books that are printed on at least 30%
post-consumer recycled paper and published in the tax year or in the immediately following year. The costs must be incurred before 2026, and
they must be reasonable in the circumstances.
• An eligible book is a first edition, non-periodical publication that meets all the criteria outlined in subsection 10.4(3) of the Manitoba Income Tax Act.
• Include a completed copy of this schedule with your T2 Corporation Income Tax Return.
Part 1 – Eligible publisher
110
Yes
No
1. Does the corporation primarily carry on the business of book publishing? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
115
Yes
No
2. Does the corporation have a permanent establishment in Manitoba in the tax year? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
120
Yes
No
3. Has the corporation published at least two eligible books within the two-year period ending at the end of the tax year?
Proportion of Manitoba labour costs to total labour costs:
Salaries and wages paid to Manitoba resident employees in the tax year (keep a list of names, addresses, and
140
social insurance numbers, as you may have to provide this information at a future date) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
130
Total salaries and wages the corporation paid to employees in the tax year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Proportion of the total salaries and wages paid to Manitoba resident employees in the tax year
If you answered No to any of questions 1 to 3, or if amount A is less than 25%, you are not eligible for the Manitoba book
publishing tax credit.
Part 2 – Eligible books (if you need more space, attach additional schedules)
A
B
Title of eligible book
Author(s)
200
210
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
C
D
E
F
G
H
International standard book number
Date of publication
Number of pages
Number of books in
Format*
Classification
**
ISBN
yyyy/mm/dd
print run
220
230
240
250
260
270
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Total
* Enter the number corresponding to the format of the eligible book: 1. Hardcover 2. Paperback 3. Electronic
** Enter the number corresponding to the classification of the eligible book: 1. Fiction 2. Non-fiction 3. Poetry 4. Drama 5. Biography 6. Children
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Schedule 389
Manitoba Book Publishing Tax Credit
Code 1901
(2019 and later tax years)
Protected B
when completed
Corporation's name
Business number
Tax year-end
Year
Month
Day
• Use this schedule to claim the Manitoba book publishing tax credit under section 10.4 of the Manitoba Income Tax Act. You must apply no later than
18 months after the end of the tax year for which you are claiming the credit.
• You are eligible to claim this tax credit if you are a book publisher with a permanent establishment in Manitoba, you paid at least 25% of the wages
and salaries to Manitoba residents, and you answered yes to all the questions in Part 1 of this schedule.
• The Manitoba book publishing tax credit is a refundable credit that is equal to 40% of eligible book publishing labour costs and non-refundable monetary
advances made to authors, to a maximum of $100,000. An additional 15% credit is available for eligible printing costs.
• Book publishing labour costs include reasonable salaries and wages paid in the tax year and before 2025 to employees resident in Manitoba
on December 31 of that tax year, and 65% of contracted Manitoba labour costs paid in the tax year and before 2025. These costs are related to
publishing hardcover, paperback or electronic books, but not to the marketing or promotion of books.
• Eligible printing costs are the costs paid in the tax year for printing, assembling and binding eligible books that are printed on at least 30%
post-consumer recycled paper and published in the tax year or in the immediately following year. The costs must be incurred before 2026, and
they must be reasonable in the circumstances.
• An eligible book is a first edition, non-periodical publication that meets all the criteria outlined in subsection 10.4(3) of the Manitoba Income Tax Act.
• Include a completed copy of this schedule with your T2 Corporation Income Tax Return.
Part 1 – Eligible publisher
110
Yes
No
1. Does the corporation primarily carry on the business of book publishing? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
115
Yes
No
2. Does the corporation have a permanent establishment in Manitoba in the tax year? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
120
Yes
No
3. Has the corporation published at least two eligible books within the two-year period ending at the end of the tax year?
Proportion of Manitoba labour costs to total labour costs:
Salaries and wages paid to Manitoba resident employees in the tax year (keep a list of names, addresses, and
140
social insurance numbers, as you may have to provide this information at a future date) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
130
Total salaries and wages the corporation paid to employees in the tax year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Proportion of the total salaries and wages paid to Manitoba resident employees in the tax year
* Any part of a salary, wage or fee that comes from profits or revenues is considered not to be related to the publication of books.
** Contracted Manitoba labour costs are amounts the publisher paid in the tax year and before 2025 to an individual resident in Manitoba, who is not an
employee of the publisher, or to a corporation with a permanent establishment in Manitoba. These labour costs are related to publishing hardcover,
paperback or electronic books, but are not related to the marketing or promotion of books.
*** An electronic book is considered to have the same number of pages as its most recent printed edition.
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