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The goods and services tax is defined in law at Part IX of the Excise Tax Act.GST is levied on supplies of goods or services purchased in Canada and includes most products, except certain politically sensitive essentials such as groceries, residential rent, medical services, and services such as financial services.
After various rebates, the net BC HST revenue would have been $5.38 billion, which is $410 million more than the would-be BC PST revenue ($4.97 billion) if there were no reform. The BC government argued that the $410 million difference, however, would be returned to residents through HST-related personal income tax reductions in the forms of BC ...
GST + QST: 9.975 [11] 14.975 [12] Books are taxed at 5.0% (considered essential goods for QST but not for GST). There is an additional tax on tourist lodgings such as hotels which is usually 3.5%. This tax does not apply in Nunavik. [13] [14] Saskatchewan: GST + PST 6: 11 The 6% rate is effective for goods and services effective March 23, 2017 ...
The Affordable Housing and Groceries Act, Bill C-56 (French: Loi sur le logement et l’épicerie à prix abordable) is a proposed legislation tabled in the House of Commons of Canada on 21 September 2023. [1] [2] The legislation has two parts. The first will temporarily remove the goods and services tax (GST) on new residential rental ...
At the federal level, Canada has imposed other excise taxes in the past: From 1915 to 1953, on the issue of cheques and other commercial paper. [50] From 1920 to 1927, on advances of money [51] From 1920 to 1953, on the transfer of securities. [52] Initially applying to shares, [53] it was extended to cover bonds and related items in 1922. [54]
In 1996, three of the four Atlantic provinces—New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Nova Scotia—entered into an agreement with the Government of Canada to implement what was initially termed the "blended sales tax" (renamed to "harmonized sales tax") which would combine the 7% federal GST with the provincial sales taxes of those provinces; as part of this project, the PST portion ...
Generally, there are four types of electronic commerce: intermediaries, retail, business-to-business and media, all of which are affected by consumer response to sales tax. However, while consumers are technically supposed to pay a sales tax when it comes to cross state border transactions, the practicality of enforcing it is impossible.
Common area maintenance charges (CAM) are one of the net charges billed to tenants in a commercial triple net (NNN) lease, and are paid by tenants to the landlord of a commercial property. A CAM charge is an additional rent, charged on top of base rent, and is mainly composed of maintenance fees for work performed on the common area of a property