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For decades it's been held as a truism that Albertans are dead set against a provincial sales tax. But that mindset appears to be shifting now, and the COVID-19 pandemic may have something to do ...
Three e-bike rental companies in B.C. have been charging provincial sales tax (PST) on the use of their bikes, despite the government making qualifying e-bike rentals exempt from the tax since 2021.
When Justin Long purchased his 2018 Toyota Tacoma through a private sale he says he was shocked when he went to register his truck and pay the Provincial Sales Tax (PST). The B.C. resident had ...
As of Oct. 1, provincial sales tax for any car sold in a private sale or imported into the province from outside of Canada will be determined by the Canadian Black Book value.
Toews, a former minister of finance, claimed Albertans cannot afford a provincial sales tax. Alberta’s 2022 budget, which he had a hand in creating as a minister, shows that if Albertans paid ...
The Provincial Sales Tax (Used Passenger Vehicles) Amendment Act, 2022 would provide purchasers a PST exemption on any used vehicle that costs less than $20,000 and has at least 6,000 kilometres ...
Because the PST taxes the production process via a tax on machinery, equipment and other materials used by businesses and entrepreneurs to produce their goods, there’s a higher cost (or lower return) ...
In accordance with tax regulations in British Columbia, as of July 1, 2022, remittances for sales on the Book Store in Canada are reduced by a 7% provincial sales tax (PST) on Apple’s commission ...
B.C. adopted the single-tax HST in 2010, but reverted to separate GST and PST three years later after a thin majority voted to scrap the HST in a binding provincewide referendum in 2011. Article ...