First, it was adding HST to our hydro bill. Now, it is time-of-day billing. Both of these things have increased the average hydro bill by about 18 per cent. One can only start to wonder about what the government has planned for us next. So what can we do about it? We could get mad [...]
Get ready for it. The HST, otherwise known as the Harmonized Sales Tax, rolls out across Ontario on July 1, 2010. So what changes and what doesn’t change? First of all, let’s have a look at what the HST is. The 5% federal Goods and Services Tax (GST) is being combined with the 8% Provincial [...]
Do I have to pay Tax? The Ontario Government recently enacted legislation which will implement the much-dreaded HST Tax. This new tax will take effect on July 1, 2010. The HST tax will effectively combine the Provincial Sales Tax of 8% percent with the Federal GST Tax of 5% percent, to create a new “harmonized” [...]
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