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The Ontario government said on Sunday it will extend a fuel and gas tax cut first introduced last spring by another year to help residents cope with high inflation and economic uncertainty. "At a ...
The Government of Canada collects about $5 billion per year in excise taxes on gasoline, diesel, and aviation fuel [21] as well as approximately $1.6 billion per year from GST revenues on gasoline and diesel (net of input tax credits). The Canada Revenue Agency, a part of the government, collects these taxes.
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).
Since January 2023, petrol is taxed at a rate of €0.53799/litre and diesel at a rate of €0.42875/litre, [17] with a VAT of 16% added to the total price. As of 2022, a "maximum fuel price" has been established by the government, capped at €1.534/litre for EURO 95 petrol and at €1.498/litre for diesel since 7 January 2025. [18].
Rates were meant to be reduced to 14 and 13% on July 1, 2014 and July 1, 2015 respectively. However, the government has stated that the province cannot afford reductions. [9] Nunavut: GST: 0: 5 Ontario: HST: 8: 13 Prince Edward Island: HST: 10: 15 [10] The HST was increased one point to 15% on October 1, 2016. [1] Quebec: GST + QST: 9.975 [11 ...
[8] [12] The planned introduction of VAT on domestic fuel and power went ahead in April 1994, but the increase from 8% to 17.5% in April 1995 was scuppered in December 1994, after the government lost the vote in parliament. [7] [12] In its 1997 general election manifesto, the Labour Party pledged to reduce VAT on domestic fuel and power to 5%. [13]
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 ...
The policy was retained by the incoming Labour government in 1997 and was withdrawn after the fuel protests of 2000. [14] Since 2002 policy cues have been given using the income tax system to encourage the purchase of company and personal cars with low emissions. [15] [16]