Protesters of the HST released a report earlier this month highlighting the problems with the harmonized system. Leader of the anti-HST movement former Premier Vander Zalm, organized a group of volunteers to compile the report focussing on the burden of the HST. Vander Zalm stated that the report investigates how inflation and the stagnant economy is a direct result of the harmonized tax. He claims that the tax places an unnecessary burden on the middle and lower class residents while giving more power to the federal government when it comes …

HST Rebate Cheques
Since the implementation of the Harmonized Sales Tax in Ontario and British Columbia, residents, when filing taxes on their personal tax software, have begun to receive HST credit and transition cheques from the government as a way to adjust to the new taxation system. As with the HST system, there are many questions surrounding the cheques and who is eligible, when to expect the payments and how to go about applying to receive a cheque.
Ontario Sales Tax Transition Benefit (OSTTB)
First and foremost, in order to receive a HST …

As most Ontario residents have returned to work earlier this month after another holiday season is over, questions of HST reforms, rebates and other HST related issues are rising to the surface entering 2011.
The year opened with Ontario Liberal leaders assuring citizens that there will be no major changes to the taxation system in 2011 and to expect the 10% rebate on electricity bills as announced in November, to off-set the hydro bill increase due to HST implementation last July.
As provincial hydro bills are predicted to increase annually by 3.5% …