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Québec and Ontario sales taxes on group employee benefits

Friday, December 23rd, 2011

Employee benefits are subject to provincial sales in both Ontario and Québec, at 8 and 9 percent respectively. These sales taxes only apply to coverage provided through group plans so, for example, term life insurance provided to just one individual is not subject to tax. These taxes are separate from the normal HST, GST or QST that apply in these provinces. These taxes apply to both employee and employer payments of premiums for the coverage or benefits supplied.

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Tags: employee and employer payments of premiums, employee benefits, employee group benefits, employment law, GST, HST, insurance premiums, ontario, province of employment, provincial sales tax, QST, Quebec, residence, retiree benefits, sales taxes, self-insured benefits
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And now an update on HST transitions!

Wednesday, October 5th, 2011

If you’ve been following the story of Quebec’s efforts to harmonize its sales tax (the QST) with the federal Goods and Services Tax, you probably know that it took a bit longer than expected, besides the 19 previous years of semi-harmonization during which nothing really happened. The federal government and the province originally set a deadline of September 15 to reach a deal, but they subsequently extended the period, and as of Friday, the deed is done—kind of.

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Tags: British Columbia, Goods and Services Tax, GST, harmonization, harmonized sales tax, HST, QST, Quebec, Quebec Sales Tax, tax administration
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Hope for the HST

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

Regardless of your opinion about the new Harmonized Sales Taxes in Ontario and British Columbia, they’re here now and they’re probably here to stay—at least for the foreseeable future. So what do you do with that if you’re unhappy about the new taxes? Do you continue to scream and shout? Or do you try and figure out how you can make the most of the situation?

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Tags: accounting, British Columbia, business inputs, CGA, GST, harmonized sales tax, HST, ontario, PST, tax
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The cynical blather about HST

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

You’d think that in tough economic times, political parties might get together to support public policy that is fiscally progressive, good for business and (if the experience of Atlantic Canada is anything to go by) not such a bad deal for consumers. But you’d be wrong.

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Tags: GST, HST, Internal Controls, taxation
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