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Taxes, Duties and Fees (GST/HST) Regulations

Version of section 2 from 2013-04-01 to 2024-05-01:

  •  (1) In these Regulations,

    general sales tax rate

    general sales tax rate of a province means

    • (a) for a participating province, the tax rate for the participating province,

    • (b) for Quebec, the rate of tax set out in the first paragraph of section 16 of An Act respecting the Québec sales tax, R.S.Q., c. T-0.1,

    • (c) for Manitoba, the rate of tax set out in subsection 2(1) of The Retail Sales Tax Act, C.C.S.M., c. R130,

    • (c.1) for British Columbia, the rate of tax set out in subsection 34(1) of the Provincial Sales Tax Act, S.B.C. 2012, c. 35,

    • (d) [Repealed, SOR/2013-44, s. 2]

    • (e) for Saskatchewan, the rate of tax set out in subsection 5(1) of The Provincial Sales Tax Act, R.S.S. 1978, c. P-34.1; (taux général de la taxe de vente)

    specified tax rate

    specified tax rate of a province means the rate that is the greater of

    • (a) 12%, and

    • (b) the general sales tax rate of the province plus 4%. (taux de taxe déterminé)

  • (2) In these Regulations, a reference to an Act of the legislature of a province is deemed to be a reference to that Act as amended.

  • SOR/2002-273, s. 2
  • SOR/2006-280, s. 3
  • SOR/2010-152, s. 1
  • SOR/2012-191, s. 6
  • SOR/2013-44, s. 2

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