Tax !

gasguzzler said:
Why do we pay the tax amount of the province it’s being shipped to when you ship a parcel thru Canada post? And not your provinces tax
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Cause that is what the law says. The buyer is in the province and the goods are given to the buyer in that province. The transaction occurs in that province so you pay the taxes applicable there. Not saying it makes sense but that is what all provinces and the cra have agreed to. You cannot escape the tax man
 
tactical72 said:
Also from the bc govt website.

"Am I required to charge PST to tourists and other customers that live outside B.C.?
Yes, you must charge PST on all taxable goods and services you sell in B.C., unless a specific exemption applies. There are no general exemptions that apply if you sell goods or services in B.C. to customers that live outside B.C. (e.g. tourists). However, you generally do not charge PST if you arrange for the goods to be shipped or delivered to a location outside B.C"
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But you are going to have to collect the taxes for the province you ship to and remit them to that province
 
tactical72 said:
That's the entire quote and it doesn't say you have to collect the destination province tax. If that's the case they don't make it obvious.
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Bc will not tell you. You have to go to the tax law of the province you ship to. So bc will not tell you to collect Ontario Hst. The cra handles the hst so they will make a business get an Hst number and pay Hst if they are selling and shipping to an hst province. Just like bc law says you have to collect for them if you are from another province shipping to bc. There is no law in Ontario saying a business must collect the bc pst. The law is in bc that an Ontario business must register , collect and remit the bc pst if selling and shipping in bc

Here is an example from the cra website
For example, your store in Vancouver, B.C. delivers a mattress to your customer in Toronto, Ontario. You charge 13% HST on the sale because the place of supply is Ontario.
 
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When spending thousands of dollars, I buy from company that does not charge me the 7% PST. Saves me hundreds sometimes.
 
i will not get anything from dealers that charge my province taxes, the point of me buying out of province is to safe money so if i have to pay my province taxes i will buy local
 
Poffels said:
https://www.taxtips.ca/pst/outofprovincesellers.htm

For BC it would seem that an out of province business does not need to collect pst if they do not solicit sales in BC
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It would be good if someone working at this store were to take note.

Someone else already raised it on a Google Review.

Should be a simple fix.
 
I have never paid PST when ordering online out of province. only if the store has a store / warehouse ect in BC.

back when BC briefly had HST then I think stores needed too.
 
If the store in question has already registered with the Province to collect and remit PST than it shall always be, apparently did not need to be , but is now that they are registered.
 
There have been several changes that started in April 2021 with respect to business outside bc having to register to collect pst
 
Just so everyone is aware

BC has significantly expanded their interpretation of when the PST applies and it may actually exceed their constitutional authority

A few legal challenges have already been started

Quebec has done similar things
 
I'm in Manitoba and was charged 12% tax. I was only expecting 5%, so my purchase was $35 more than I expected. Many online retailers only charge 5% gst, in Ontario and elsewhere when shipping to another province.
 
wedge308 said:
I'm in Manitoba and was charged 12% tax. I was only expecting 5%, so my purchase was $35 more than I expected. Many online retailers only charge 5% gst, in Ontario and elsewhere when shipping to another province.
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I’m also in MB, see my post #8 earlier in the thread… and I suppose choose where you shop strategically lol. It doesn’t matter which province you buy from, they may or may not charge the PST/RST.
 
If you live in BC and buy from AB online, you will pay all BC taxes.
The reverse is true. If you live in AB and you buy online from BC, you only pay AB taxes.
You can't get away from provincial applicable taxes in online purchases. Only if you are there physically with cash.
 
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