This bulletin complements last week’s update on the Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023 (Bill C-59). In addition to the climate-related amendments to the Competition Act (read our earlier bulletin here), Bill C-59 implements significant clean economy investment tax credits (ITCs), for clean technology (CT) and carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS), as well as clean hydrogen (CH) and clean technology manufacturing (CTM). This bulletin briefly summarizes the amendments to the Income Tax Act (the Act) and Income Tax Regulations (the Regulations) that implement the CT ITC and CCUS ITC. Clean Technology Investment Tax Credit. Bill C-59 amends the Act and Regulations to implement the CT ITC, initially proposed in the 2022 Fall Economic Statement and expanded in both the 2023 Fall Economic Statement (FES) and 2023 Budget (read our earlier bulletins here and here). Key provisions of the now implemented and expanded CT ITC include: refundable tax credit for capital invested in the adoption and operation of new clean technology property in Canada from March 28, 2023, to December 31, 2034; rate may be up to 30% of the capital cost of CT property that is acquired and that becomes available for use from March 28, 2023, to December 31, 2033; rate may be up to 15% for property acquired and that becomes available for use in 2034, and will be unavailable after 2034; available for investments in the following types of CT property: equipment used to generate electricity from solar, wind and water energy; stationary electricity storage equipment that does not use any fossil fuel in operation (such as batteries and pumped hydroelectric storage); active solar heating equipment, air-source heat pumps and ground-source heat pumps; non-road zero-emission vehicles and related charging and refueling equipment that is used primarily for such vehicles; equipment used exclusively for the purpose of…