Category: News

It’s everywhere- get ready for FinTech. Fintech is going to take your job. Really? Indirect Tax? Does that even have anything to do with FinTech?  The common definition of FinTech is that it refers to a range of financial technologies that enable consumers to access

It’s that time of year again. Government budget season is upon us.  BC is the second province to bring down a budget this year. The focus of their budget was child care, affordable housing and services.  There was some provincial sales tax (PST) changes announced

A corporation that makes in excess of $10,000,000 in revenues annually are considered by the Canada Revenue Agency to be a large corporation for GST/HST purposes.  Large corporations are restricted from claiming input tax credits on the provincial portion of the HST in Ontario on

In our last post, we told you about the PST rate increase that happened on March 23, 2017. In announcing this increase, Saskatchewan outlined two other dates that you need to be aware of. APRIL 1, 2017 Effective April 1, 2017, chances are the value

It’s Been Almost a Month Since: Saskatchewan changed its Provincial Retail Sales Tax (PST) rate from 5% to 6% effective March 23, 2017. Have you and your Company’s systems caught up to this? The rate of PST in Saskatchewan on all taxable sales is now

British Columbia (BC) has issued a revised Provincial Sales Tax Bulletin PST 116:  Motor Vehicle Dealers and Leasing Companies.  This bulletin addresses various transactions that might be undertaken by these Companies and the applicability of the BC PST.  The majority of the Bulletin is rewording

Last week the Liberal government in its throne speech announced that it would provide some HST relief to Ontario residents by providing an HST Rate Cut by rebating back the provincial portion of the Ontario HST. This rebate is available to consumers and small businesses

October is only a few weeks away and in Canada, that means Thanksgiving, leaves turning a variety of colours, leaves needing to be raked and Halloween candy starting to hit the stores and if you are in Atlantic Canada, primarily Prince Edward Island(PEI) it means

Our quarterly newsletter will be coming out this month offering insights into areas of compliance with respect to Canadian indirect tax and our section on indirect tax recovery will offer companies tips on how you can do your own Canadian sales tax reviews today and

If you have ever taken a close look at your airline tickets did you spot the Canadian Sales Taxes? What you may have noticed was a series of numbers and two letter codes that really don’t tell you anything unless you know what the codes