The Ontario Minor League Hockey (OMHA) association recently posted a news release to OMHA.net about how Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) was going to affect minor league hockey registration fees. On July 1st, when Ontario HST comes into play, many purchases that currently only charge 5% GST will have to tack in an additional 8% tax that makes up the proposed 13% HST. However, this doesn’t affect minor league hockey registration costs. A quote provided in the news release states:
“The OMHA and its member organizations [OMHA] are non-profit organizations [NPO] and …

We have received a lot of emails asking for a comprehensive list of HST exemptions in Ontario, so here it is. The following is from the Ontario Ministry of Revenue website.

The Harmonized Sales Tax is set to take effect on July 1st, 2010 in both Ontario and British Columbia. This is a document from Service Canada’s website outlining eligibility and regulations concerning credits. If you are wondering what you are going to be reimbursed, this is an article you should familiarize yourself with. All the following information is taken from the governments website and can be read in it’s entirety here.
GST/HST Credit
The GST/HST Credit program issues payments to Canadians with low and modest incomes to help offset all or …