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  2. Sales taxes in Canada - Wikipedia

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    HST: 10 15 The HST was increased two points to 10% with an overall tax of 15% on July 1, 2016. [7] Northwest Territories: GST: 0: 5 Nova Scotia: HST: 10: 15 [8] 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 ...

  3. Harmonized sales tax - Wikipedia

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    The result was a 15% combined tax when the federal GST was added. The new tax for these provinces went into effect on April 1, 1997. The HST is collected by the Canada Revenue Agency, which then remits the appropriate amounts to the participating provinces. Subsequent studies have been equivocal as to the success of this implementation for ...

  4. Goods and services tax (Canada) - Wikipedia

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    The tax is a 5% tax imposed on the supply of goods and services that are purchased in Canada, except certain items that are either "exempt" or "zero-rated": For tax-free — i.e., "zero-rated" — sales, GST is charged by suppliers at a rate of 0% so effectively there is no GST collected. However, when a supplier makes a zero-rated supply, it ...

  5. Sales taxes in British Columbia - Wikipedia

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    On 1 July 2010, the PST and GST were combined into the HST levied according to the provisions of the GST. The conversion to HST was controversial; popular opposition led to a referendum on the tax system, the first such referendum in the Commonwealth of Nations, resulting in the province reverting to the former PST/GST model on 1 April 2013.

  6. Taxation in Canada - Wikipedia

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    The federal government levies a value-added tax of 5%, called the Goods and Services Tax (GST), and, in five provinces, the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST). The provinces of British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba levy a retail sales tax, and Quebec levies its own value-added tax, which is called the Quebec Sales Tax.

  7. Sales tax in Alberta - Wikipedia

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    On January 1, 1991 Prime Minister Brian Mulroney 's government introduced the first general federal sales tax, the Goods and Services Tax (GST), at 7%. The GST replaced the manufacturers' sales tax (MST), a hidden tax that discouraged investment and exports. [ 9 ]: 7–8. On 1 July 2006, Prime Minister Stephen Harper 's government reduced the ...

  8. Canada Revenue Agency - Wikipedia

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    The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA; French: Agence du revenu du Canada; ARC) is the revenue service of the Canadian federal government, and most provincial and territorial governments. The CRA collects taxes, administers tax law and policy, and delivers benefit programs and tax credits. [4] Legislation administered by the CRA includes the Income ...

  9. Motor fuel taxes in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Tax revenues. 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.