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The GST applies nationally. The HST includes the provincial portion of the sales tax but is administered by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and is applied under the same legislation as the GST. The HST is in effect in Ontario, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
The goods and services tax [1] (GST; French: Taxe sur les produits et services) is a value added tax introduced in Canada on January 1, 1991, by the government of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. The GST, which is administered by Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), replaced a previous hidden 13.5% manufacturers' sales tax (MST).
Reverse charge may refer to: Reverse charge call, also known as a collect call; Reverse charging, resulting from a mistake in use or charging of rechargeable batteries; The accrual of VAT by the buyer of goods or services; A trick in pen spinning, in which the pen spins counter-clockwise between two fingers, as opposed to charge, in which pen ...
The "reverse charge mechanism" now requires that the customer, rather than the supplier, account for VAT on the supply. [19] [20] In 2010, the reverse charge mechanism was extended to services in order to combat MTIC fraud in the carbon market. This means that the reverse charge applies to transactions in emissions allowances. [9]
A value-added tax (VAT or goods and services tax (GST), general consumption tax (GCT)) is a consumption tax that is levied on the value added at each stage of a product's production and distribution. VAT is similar to, and is often compared with, a sales tax .
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 ...
When a good or service is not subject to PST, a specific exemption in the legislation is not needed. Similar to the old PST, the following are not taxable under the new PST: the sales of real property such as residential housing or commercial real estate; admissions, registrations, and memberships; professional services (other than legal services); and transportation fares (e.g. bus, train ...
A collect call service operates under 800 Reverse (operated by Reverse Corp Ltd), [12] in the Republic of Ireland. It offers reverse charge calls from any fixed line phone, pay phone and most mobile phones (even if the prepaid credit has run out), to most fixed land line and mobile phones in the Republic of Ireland. [13]