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Provincial Retail Sales Taxes (PST, RST, QST)

Some provinces in Canada charge provincial sales tax on the purchase or lease of goods and services.

Sales tax Rates by province

Sales to non-residents (visitors to the province) - are they taxable?

Does my business have to charge another province's sales tax when making retail sales shipped to that province? What about GST/HST?

Quebec QST registry

Quebec Harmonized Sales Tax Proposal - in effect January 1, 2013

Fuel-efficient vehicles - Rebates and PST reductions

British Columbia PST - Reinstated on April 1, 2013

BC HST - BC harmonized its PST with GST in 2010, but went back to PST April 1, 2013.

Ontario HST - Ontario 2009 Budget combines the retail sales tax with GST for a single value-added tax, effective July 1, 2010.

Revised: June 24, 2025

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