abstract:The Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) is a consumption tax in Canada. It is used in provinces where both the federal Goods and Services Tax (GST) and the regional Provincial Sales Tax (PST) have been combined into a single value added sales tax.
Prices were affectedby the introductionof the harmonized sales taxin OntarioandBritishColumbia, and a two-percentage-point increase in Nova Scotia's HST, StatisticsCanada said Friday.