Bill 20 is considered to be substantively enacted for purposes of IFRS and Accounting Standards for Private Enterprise (ASPE) on May 24, 2016, which is the day it received first reading in the provincial legislature (as Alberta has a majority government). 

The bulk of Bill 20 enacts a carbon levy that will take effect on January 1, 2017; however, the bill also amends the Alberta Corporate Tax Act to reduce Alberta's small business corporate income tax rate, from 3% to 2%, effective January 1, 2017. Alberta has stated that this decrease is intended to help businesses adjust to the carbon levy.

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