http://www.hstincanada.com HST in Canada Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:31:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In yet another controversial move, it was revealed recently that the BC government was planning to distribute HST pamphlets dripping with Olympic nostalgia in an attempt to win favour for the taxation system. Not only did it feature content citing reasons why "BC is the Best Place on Earth" but ... http://www.hstincanada.com/2012/02/bc-hst-pamphlets-causes-controversy/ While only Ontario, British Columbia and the Atlantic provinces are subject to paying HST, other provinces feel the effects of the HST as well. This is especially apparent when it comes to ordering and shipping goods and products across provincial border lines. Residents of provinces that have adopted the HST have ... http://www.hstincanada.com/2012/01/hst-impacts-all-provinces/ After what BC's finance Minister Kevin Falcon called "a difficult negotiation process", the federal government has agreed to give BC five years to pay back the $1.6 billion that was given to the province for HST transitional funding. The transitional funding was distributed to BC residents as a way to ... http://www.hstincanada.com/2012/01/ottawa-to-give-bc-extension-on-hst-repayment/ While initial predictions suggested that retail sales over the holidays would decrease due to the lingering HST, surprisingly, BC residents were still out in full-force to take advantage of Boxing Day blow-out sales. According to recent reports, retailers saw a surge of sales on Boxing Day by BC residents. It was ... http://www.hstincanada.com/2012/01/boxing-day-sales-increased-in-bc-despite-hst/ There has been a disturbance in the province surrounding the recent installations of smart meters as ordered by BC Hydro. Homes and businesses are receiving the new meters while the old analogue electrical meters are being removed. Citizens on Vancouver Island are especially upset with the action and have begun ... http://www.hstincanada.com/2011/12/bc-smart-meters-cause-concern-similar-to-hst/ After BC residents rejected the HST in the provincial referendum held in August, the provincial government warned that residents would be on the hook for the $1.6 billion advanced to the province by the federal government. According to the contract between Ottawa and BC if the province would have implemented ... http://www.hstincanada.com/2011/12/ottawa-refuses-bcs-proposal-to-reduce-hst-debt/ Nearly a year has passed since Conservative Premier David Alward was elected into power on a platform based on keeping the HST rate the same for New Brunswick citizens. The Conservative leader also promised not to impose highway tolls.  Now, after a short time in office, Premier Alward is rethinking ... http://www.hstincanada.com/2011/11/referendum-a-possibility-in-new-brunswick-over-hst-hikes/ With winter setting in across the country, Canadians are seeing their heating bills rise and in Ontario, the addition of the HST on their bills has some citizens concerned. A major debate in the recent Provincial election, removing the HST from heating costs has created tensions in Parliament and has led ... http://www.hstincanada.com/2011/11/hst-to-be-removed-from-heating-bills/ Since the implementation of the HST in British Columbia in 2010, the provincial housing market has been reportedly in a slump. This has been especially true in Vancouver and area as new builds are sitting vacant longer than expected. According to recent reports, construction companies are resorting to making deals with ... http://www.hstincanada.com/2011/11/hst-stall-hurts-housing-industry/ The HST is a combined rate of 12% in the province of B.C. The province harmonized the tax officially on July 1, 2010 combining the 5% G.S.T. with the 7% Provincial Sales Tax to form the HST. This rate is lower than Ontario's 13%, Newfoundland/New Brunswick's 13% and Nova Scotia's ... http://www.hstincanada.com/2011/10/how-much-is-hst-in-bc/