HST filing across provinces
HST combines the federal and provincial sales tax into one rate in the harmonised provinces, from 13% in Ontario to 15% in the Atlantic provinces. The complication is that the rate you charge follows the place of supply — the customer's location — not yours. An Ontario firm billing a client in Nova Scotia charges 15%, not 13%, and getting this wrong means under-collecting on some invoices and over-collecting on others.
We file your HST returns, apply the place-of-supply rules correctly across your customer base, reconcile input tax credits, and handle the elections that save money, including the Quick Method for eligible small businesses. If you have been charging a single rate to everyone, we review the exposure and correct the filings before it surfaces in a CRA review.