Talk:Sales taxes in Canada

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Should probably be merged with Goods and Services Tax (Canada)

  • Though, the PST has no place in a category about the GST. If anything, GST should be merged into here. --216.106.111.91 05:35, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] PST Exemptions (Ontario)

There should be a discussion on the many PST-exempt items in Ontario. The govt hasn't done a good job of publicizing these items, and Citytv recently called out the government's laissez-faire attitude on this issue. [1][2]

[edit] PST Reduction in Sask

Just updated about the PST reduction in Sask. It's going from 7% to 5% tonight at midnight and they just told us retailers today. Rovaals 19:10, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 14% total for Ontario?

"In Canada, the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) combines the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and certain Provincial Sales Taxes (PST) into a single, blended, sales tax. Currently, there is a 14% HST in the provinces of New Brunswick, Newfoundland, and Nova Scotia. The HST is collected by the Canada Revenue Agency, which then remits the appropriate amounts to the participating provinces."

Reading through this article, shouldn't Ontario be added to the list of New/New/Nova? It has an 8% PST and its HST is listed as totally 14% as well. Or is it a separate issue? It's rather confusing. Tyciol 16:08, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

No. Ontario collects PST on its own, and the Canada Revenue Agency collects GST from Ontario-based transactions. In total, they amount to 14%. The Harmonized Sales Tax is collected by the federal agency, and is a distinct issue. Mindmatrix 16:37, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tax rate error for Quebec listing

There is an error in the listed Quebec sales tax rate. The actual current rate is 6.5%, not 7.5%.


—Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.37.85.181 (talk) 17:34, 3 November 2007 (UTC)