Non-resident exporters/importers often are not aware of Canada’s many different sales taxes and sales tax rates (quite frankly, many Canadian companies cannot keep up with the changes). So, we put together a chart. Canadian Sales Tax Rates Chart As at March 1, 2013 Province/Territory Provincial Sales Tax GST/HST Rate GST Included in PST Tax Base… Continue Reading
Category Archives: GST/HST
Subscribe to GST/HST RSS FeedTop Fifteen Questions To Ask Prior To Importing Goods Into Canada
Posted in Border Security, Cross-border trade, Customs Law, Export Controls & Economic Sanctions, GST/HST, Sales TaxesWe thought it would be helpful to provide our top fifteen questions to ask and answer prior to importing goods into Canada. We started with a top ten list and then decided to give a 50% bonus. 1. What is the tariff classification of the goods to be imported (the answer can be simple or… Continue Reading
U.S. May Breach Most-Favoured-Nation Rules If It Imposes GST/HST Protectionist Measures
Posted in Buy America, Cross-border trade, Customs Law, GST/HST, NAFTA, World Trade OrganizationYesterday I shared with you the Bloomberg Businessweek article “Buy American and Fairer Trade Can Solve Job Woes: Alan Tonelson“. In this article, Alan Tonelson suggests that the United States should impose additional duties at the border on goods coming from a country with a value-added tax. Canadians should be concerned because under the goods and… Continue Reading
New Buy America Initiative Takes Aim At Canada’s GST/HST Regime
Posted in Buy America, Cross-border trade, Customs Law, Government Procurement, GST/HSTIn an recent article in Bloomberg Businessweek printed online on September 18, 2011 entitled “Buy American and Fairer Trade Can Solve Job Woes: Alan Tonelson“, Canadians are put on notice that the U.S. is taking aim at value-added tax (“VAT”) regimes that do not charge VAT on exported goods. Canada’s goods and services tax (“GST”) and… Continue Reading
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Cyndee Todgham Cherniak is the founding lawyer of LexSage, a boutique international trade law and sales tax firm in Toronto, Ontario. She has practiced for almost 20 years at Canada’s top Bay Street law firms.
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Su represents companies and entities, in both the administrative and commercial setting, regarding the importation and exportation of goods before various government entities, administrations, federal and state courts and agencies.
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