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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.