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In Canada there are three types of sales taxes: provincial sales taxes or PST, the federal Goods and Services Tax or GST, and the Harmonized Sales Tax or HST.
Every province except Alberta implements a Provincial Sales Tax or the Harmonized Sales Tax. The Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories and Nunavut do not have any type of regional sales tax.

Contents

Harmonized Sales Tax

Provincial Sales Taxes

Quebec Sales Tax

External links

Harmonized Sales Tax

:''Main Article: Harmonized Sales Tax''
In Canada, the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) combines the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and certain Provincial Sales Taxes (PST) into a single, blended, sales tax. Currently, there is a 14% HST in the provinces of New Brunswick, Newfoundland, and Nova Scotia. The HST is collected by the Canada Revenue Agency, which then remits the appropriate amounts to the participating provinces.

Provincial Sales Taxes

Separate Provincial Sales Taxes (PST) are collected in the provinces of British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, and Prince Edward Island. Which items the tax is applied to varies widely by province.
The amount of this tax varies from province to province

Province	rate (%)	combined fed./prov. rate (%)	note
Alberta	0.0	6.0	★ Alberta has no provincial sales tax
British Columbia	7.0	13.0	★ Officially known as the Social Service Tax [1] ★ Reduced from 7.5% Oct 2004 ★ Alcohol is taxed at 10% [2]
Saskatchewan	5.0	11.0	★ Reduced from 7% on 28 October 2006 [3] ★ There is a separate 10% liquour consumption tax
Manitoba	7.0	13.0
Ontario	8.0	14.0	★ Sales tax is 5% on lodging, 10% on entertainment and alcohol at restaurants, and 12% on alcohol at retail stores [4]
Quebec	7.5	13.95	★ Nominally, but is also applied to the federal 6% GST
Prince Edward Island	10	16.6	★ Nominally, but is also applied to the federal 6% GST

Quebec Sales Tax

The provincial sales tax in Quebec is called the '' 'Q'uebec 'S'ales 'T'ax, ''or 'QST' (French:'' 't'axe de 'v'ente du 'Q'uébec, ''or 'TVQ'). The current rate of 7.5% is applied after the GST.[5]
'Example:'

Selling price	$100.00
GST ($100 ★ 6%)	$6.00
'QST ([$100 + $6] ★ 7.5%)'	'$7.95'
Total	$113.95

The sales tax in the province of Quebec is therefore (1.06
★ 1.075) - 1 = 1.1395 - 1 = 13.95%.

External links

★ Canada Revenue Agency website

★ Revenu Quebec website

★ Article on Canadian real estate sales tax