Harmonized sales tax and goods and services tax in Ottawa
The Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) is a value-added tax that combines the federal goods and services tax (GST) with provincial sales taxes. It was created in 1991 by the then-Conservative government of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and Liberal Finance Minister Michael Wilson. The HST replaced the GST and the provincial retail sales taxes in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario, British Columbia, Prince Edward Island and Quebec on January 1, 2013. The GST Riverside South Ottawa (Goods and Services Tax) is a consumption tax charged to most goods and services sold in Canada. The GST replaced the Manufacturers' Sales Tax (MST), which was introduced by the Conservative government of Prime Minister John Diefenbaker in 1959 to replace an unpopular excise tax on income that HST Constance Bay Ottawa (The Harmonized Sales Tax) and the Goods and Services Tax (GST) are two different taxes in Canada. The HST is a tax that is applied to the purchase of goods and servi