What was the HST rate in 2013?

What was the HST rate in 2013?

13%
2013 Sales Tax Rates in Canadian Provinces and Territories

Prov/ Terr	2013 Rate	Provincial Web Sites
ON	13% HST	Ontario Retail Sales Tax TaxTips.ca Ontario HST Ontario HST
QC	5% GST	Quebec Consumption Taxes – Businesses Quebec Consumption Taxes – Individuals
NL	13% HST
NS	15% HST(5)	Nova Scotia HST

What was the GST rate in BC January 1 2013?

GST/HST rates

	Beginning January 1, 1991, and ending March 31, 1997	Beginning April 1, 2013
Nova Scotia	n/a	15%
New Brunswick	n/a	13%
Ontario	n/a	13%
British Columbia	n/a	n/a

What was GST rate in 2012?

5%
2012 Sales Tax Rates in Canadian Provinces and Territories

Prov/ Terr	2012 Rate
AB	5% GST	n/a
SK	5% GST	5%
MB	5% GST	7%
ON	13% HST	n/a(4)

When did GST become 5%?

January 1, 2008
On July 1, 2006, the Government of Canada reduced the tax by 1 percentage point (to 6%), as promised by the Conservative Party in the 2006 election campaign. They again lowered it to 5%, effective January 1, 2008.

When was HST introduced Ontario?

July 1, 2010
The province of Ontario joined the HST program on July 1, 2010, with an HST rate of 13% consisting of the 5% federal portion and an 8% Ontario portion. The province of British Columbia joined the HST program on July 1, 2010, with an HST rate of 12% consisting of the 5% federal portion and a 7% B.C. portion.

When was HST in BC?

BC Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) British Columbia harmonized its provincial sales tax (Social Services Tax, aka PST) with the Federal goods and services tax (GST) effective July 1, 2010.

When was HST removed in BC?

As a direct result, British Columbia will have to pay back $1.6 billion to the federal government in order to opt out of the HST program. On April 1, 2013, British Columbia abandoned the HST and reverted to the GST/PST system.