Canada has made a number of proposals to change its Goods and Services Tax (inc Harmonised Sales Tax), including:
- Extend the GST liability to limited partnership investments
- Update GST rules on drop shipments
- Update the rules on GST for public transit services
- Modify pensions liable to GST to include those using master trust or corporations
- Extend GST to concentrate beers
Latest Canadian news
US, Mexico & Canada e-commerce sales tax & duty thresholds
October 12, 2018
As part of the NAFTA renegotiation completed on 1 Oct 2018, the US has secured a rise in the duty-free threshold for e-commerce sales from...
As part of the NAFTA renegotiation completed on 1 Oct 2018, the US has secured a rise in the duty-free threshold for e-commerce sales from...
Canada Quebec B2C digital services sales tax
March 30, 2018
Quebec is to become the first Canadian province to levy its consumption tax, Quebec Sales Tax (QST), on non-resident providers of digital services to Quebec-resident...
Quebec is to become the first Canadian province to levy its consumption tax, Quebec Sales Tax (QST), on non-resident providers of digital services to Quebec-resident...
Canada rejects 5% GST on electronic services
September 29, 2017
Canada has rejected introducing 5% federal Goods & Services Tax on electronic services to consumers such as: streaming films and music; online TV and radio;...
Canada has rejected introducing 5% federal Goods & Services Tax on electronic services to consumers such as: streaming films and music; online TV and radio;...
VP Global Indirect Tax
Richard Asquith
Richard Asquith is VP Global Indirect Tax at Avalara, helping businesses understand their compliance obligations as they grow globally. He is part of the European leadership team which this year won International Tax Review's Tax Technology Firm of the Year. Richard qualified as an accountant with KPMG in the UK, and went on to work in Hungary, Russia and France with EY.