Sales Tax
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Manitoba Tories promise to lift provincial sales tax from restaurant mealsManitoba Progressive Conservatives are promising to remove the provincial sales tax from restaurant meals if they are re-elected on Oct. 3.PoliticsSep 15, 2023
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Ontario Liberals pledge to remove provincial part of HST on prepared food under $20The Ontario Liberals say they are promising to remove the provincial portion of HST on all prepared food under $20, if elected in June.CanadaApr 29, 2022
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Halifax businessman fined $113,000 for sales tax evasion: CRAThe Canada Revenue Agency says Pantelis Panagiotis Giannoulis, a hotel and restaurant owner, has been sentenced to pay a fine equivalent to 100 per cent of the taxes evaded.CanadaJan 6, 2021
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Facebook will begin collecting sales tax on ads sold at Canadian officesFacebook will begin collecting sales tax on advertisements sold at its physical offices in Canada, in a break with other tech giants that have so far avoided taxation.PoliticsAug 29, 2018
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Regina and Saskatoon fall on BMO’s list of Canada’s most attractive cities for workersSince 2013 both Regina and Saskatoon have dropped in rankings in terms of being the most attractive city for workers among major Canadian citiesCanadaJul 25, 2018
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Medical cannabis patients to lobby government for tax exemptionThe government says exempting medicinal cannabis could lead to abuse of the existing medical marijuana system.CanadaApr 2, 2018
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Feds considered how to collect taxes from Netflix, AmazonFederal officials have taken a close look at how the government can make online services like Netflix and Amazon voluntarily collect sales tax, similar to the model Quebec plans to bring in next year.Mar 28, 2018
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Justin Trudeau stands by decision not to tax web giants like Netflix, GoogleSome union and business leaders as well as the NDP have said it's unfair that Canadian companies are faced with more taxes and regulations than foreign digital companies such as Netflix and Google.CanadaMar 1, 2018
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Quebec will force online companies to collect sales taxQuebec's finance minister says the province will impose sales tax on Netflix and other e-commerce, even if the federal government won't.CanadaNov 8, 2017
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Quebec says it will impose sales tax on NetflixQuebec says it will impose a provincial sales tax on Netflix, even if the federal government has exempted the company from charging GST.CanadaOct 3, 2017
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