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Ontario and British Columbia both harmonized the GST with their provincial sales tax (PST) effective July 1, 2010. However, the British Columbia HST was defeated in an August 2011 mail-in referendum by a 55% majority vote, [ 5 ] and was converted to the old GST/PST system effective April 1, 2013.
New homes valued up to $450,000 may be eligible for a 36% rebate on GST charged up to a maximum of $6,300. [17] Provincial sales tax rebate programs on new housing are offered in Ontario, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan, and Quebec (for QST). Terms and conditions vary by province.
Consumption taxes have been levied in British Columbia since the introduction of the Provincial Sales Tax (PST) on 1 July 1948, as part of the Social Service Tax Act. Sales in the province have also been subject to the federal Goods and Services Tax (GST) since its introduction on 1 January 1991.
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 ...
Goods and Services Tax (GST) is a national sales tax introduced in 1991 at a rate of 7%, later reduced to 5%. A Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) that combines the GST and provincial sales tax, is collected in New Brunswick (15%), Newfoundland (15%), Nova Scotia (15%), Ontario (13%) and Prince Edward Island (15%), while British Columbia had a 12% HST ...
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).
In British Columbia the corporate capital tax was eliminated as of April 1, 2010. From 1932 [ 35 ] until 1951, [ 36 ] Canadian companies were able to file consolidated tax returns , but this was repealed with the introduction of the business loss carryover rules. [ 37 ]
The HST is administered by the CRA. Each province that has Harmonized Sales Tax receives its portion of the HST from the CRA. [citation needed] In 2013, British Columbia removed HST after public protests against the newly taxed items under HST that were not taxed under the PST/GST system. [citation needed]