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% …

The newly implemented harmonized sales tax will increase the amount of tax charged to the British Columbian consumers for a variety of services. Mobile phone services and long distance services are already charged a 5% GST and a 7% PST, meaning the new 12% HST that is now charged doesn’t change the overall cost. However, local phone services and basic cable television will now have the additional HST applied, effectively increasing the amount of tax paid on these items from 5% to 12%.
Maintenance services home-owners often take advantage of, such …

Ontario families may be eligible to receive HST transition cheques (Ontario Sales Tax Transition Benefit) from the government to help them cope with the implementation of Harmonized Sales Tax on July 1st, 2010.
Eligible individuals and families will receive 3 tax free payments in June 2010, December 2010 and June 2011. Individuals will receive a maximum of $300 paid in $100 amounts on the dates listed here. Eligible single parents and couples will receive up to a maximum of $1000 spread out over those sames dates. Single individuals earning more than $82,000/year …