Expansion of the Provincial Sales Tax to accounting, engineering and other services from 1 October 2026 British Columbia’s 2026 Budget signals a structural shift in the design of the Provincial Sales Tax (PST), with a decisive move to widen the tax base into areas that
5% Federal Goods & Services Tax removed for two months There is a temporary GST/HST break on certain items from December 14, 2024, to February 15, 2025. Sales tax holidays are specific periods during which certain purchases are exempt from state or local sales taxes. These holidays are
1st September 2024 5% tax on online streaming services The Canadian TV and Telecoms Commission has announced a 5% streaming tax. This will be effective from 1 September 2024. The levy is chaged at 5% on Canadian-generated revenus with online streaming TV, video, music and
Facilitating marketplaces services due even when non-taxable supplies British Columbia has confirmed services provided by to facilitate the sale or provision of non-taxable services are still subject to Provincial Sales Tax. This measure was including in the Canadian provinces 2023 budget. The measure will be
The Canadian province of Québec was the first region to impose its sales tax, Québec Sales Tax (QST) on non-resident providers of e-services to its consumers. The current Québec QST rate is 9.976% Canada’s federal government imposed dits 5% Goods and Services Tax from 1 July
Income for mining or forging of digital currencies or NFT’s (cryptoassets) will not be subject to 5% federal GST/HST The Canadian Revenue Agency has proposed exempting income received from creating, or ‘mining’, Cryptocurrencies. This follows EU Cryptocurrency VAT proposals on mining, wallet services and payment
From April 2022 marketplaces responsible for tax collections The Canadian province of Alberta is to extend to facilitating marketplaces – Airbnb, Homeaway, Expedia and Vrbo – the obligation to collect the Tourism Levy. This would come into effect from 1 April 2022 as part of
