Author: Clint Curtis

There’s some income that doesn’t count for GST/HST collection, including salary from a job, grants and sales outside of Canada. If you make more than $30,000 and you don’t sign up, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) won’t send you a reminder or a warning – but you’re not off the hook. What happens if you […]

While the federal and provincial governments share jurisdiction over water, most wastewater discharge permits are issued by provincial environmental regulators. For example, in Ontario, a discharge of wastewater to a surface water body requires an environmental compliance approval under the Ontario Water Resources Act. Which level of government is responsible for water pollution in Canada? […]

The purpose of the national sales tax was to replace the 13.5% Manufacturers’ Sales Tax (MST) that the federal government imposed at the wholesale level on manufactured goods. Mulroney claimed the GST was implemented because the MST was hindering the manufacturing sector’s ability to export competitively. Why do we have to pay GST? GST will […]

GST/HST registrants who make taxable supplies (other than zero-rated supplies) in the participating provinces collect tax at the applicable HST rate. GST/HST registrants collect tax at the 5% GST rate on taxable supplies they make in the rest of Canada (other than zero-rated supplies). Do I have to pay GST if I make less than […]

Tourists have to pay taxes in Canada. Quoted prices on goods and services are always net and excluding Federal and Provincial taxes. The price you see quoted is not the price you will end up paying. Do you pay taxes as a tourist? If you are visiting the USA for pleasure and receive no income […]

$2,000. Pension Income Amount If you’ve reported eligible pension income on line 11500, line 11600, or line 12900 of your tax return, you can claim up to $2,000 as a credit when filing. What is the $2 000 pension income tax credit? What is the pension income tax credit? If you have up to $2,000 […]

First, Canadian families have been dramatically altered by high rates of separation and divorce, declining fertility, greater popularity of alternative family arrangements such as cohabitation, and increasing involvement of women in paid labour. How has family changed over time in Canada? Canadian families have become smaller over time. This occurred partly because of a decline […]

The 1950s and 1960s in Canada were, in large part, years of economic stability and prosperity. Prices leveled out in the early 1950s with the end of the Korean War, and overseas trade grew steadily. What was happening in Canada in 1950? Events. February 14 – Nancy Hodges of British Columbia becomes the first woman […]

2 Marriage, for civil purposes, is the lawful union of two persons to the exclusion of all others. Consent required. 2.1 Marriage requires the free and enlightened consent of two persons to be the spouse of each other. What is the difference between a civil marriage and a regular marriage? If a couple is in […]

Census family is defined as a now-married couple, a common-law couple or a lone-parent with a child or youth who is under the age of 25 and who does not have his or her own spouse or child living in the household. What is a family according to Statistics Canada? Census family is defined as […]