先来看一下加拿大官网(www.canada.ca)中对“HST”的描述:
“The goods and services tax (GST) is a tax that you pay on most goods and services sold or provided in Canada. In New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario and Prince Edward Island, the GST has been blended with the provincial sales tax and is called the harmonized sales tax (HST).”
在加拿大税收中,“HST”的全称是“Harmonized Sales Tax”,中文常翻译为“合并销售税”或“统一销售税”。这种销售税是将加拿大联邦政府的商品和服务税(GST)和加拿大各省的省销售税(PST)合二为一。目前,加拿大共有五个省使用HST,包括新不伦瑞克省(New Brunswick)、纽芬兰与拉布拉多省(Newfoundland and Labrador)、新斯科舍省(Nova Scotia)、爱德华王子岛省(Prince Edward Island)和安大略省(Ontario),其中,前四个省的HST税率均为15%,而安大略省的HST税率为13%。在上述五个省内消费时,商家须在商品和服务成本的基础上向购买者收取HST税,并向加拿大联邦政府税务部门——加拿大税务局(Canada Revenue Agency, CRA)上缴税款,然后由加拿大税务局将属于省销售税的部分税款分配给各个省政府。需要注意的是,并非所有商家都需要向消费者收取HST税,需要满足一定的条件,即商家在上一年在加拿大销售或提供应课税商品或服务,且应税收入达到$30,000以上;非加拿大消费者在加拿大境外购买加拿大产品是不需要缴纳HST税的,有时还可以退税,但是,非加拿大消费者在加拿大境内消费是需要缴税的。
例句:
原文:
Under the harmonizing agreement (Comprehensive Integrated tax Coordination Agreement or CITCA ) the Canada Revenue Agency is responsible for the administration of the Harmonized Sales Tax, including collection, some rebates, and refunds. The Canada Revenue Agency together with the Federal Department of Finance is responsible for all interpretations of the application of Harmonized Sales Tax law found in the Excise Tax Act (Canada).
译文:
根据统一协议(全称为“Comprehensive Integrated tax Coordination Agreement”,简称为“CITCA”),加拿大税务局负责对合并销售税相关事务的管理,包括收税、某些退税和退款。加拿大税务局与联邦财政部共同负责对《消费税法案》(加拿大)中合并销售税相关法律适用的解释。
来源:
www.canada.ca
https://www.novascotia.ca/finance
