GST/HST rates on benefits – Calculate payroll deductions and contributions

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The GST/HST rates to use depend on:

  • Location (the last establishment of the registrant at which the employee ordinarily worked, or which the employee generally reported in the tax year; or, where the shareholder resides at the end of the tax year)
  • If the benefit is an automobile operating expense benefit or some other type of benefit
  • If you are a large business on December 31, 2022, for the purpose of the recapture of input tax credits for the provincial part of the HST

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GST/HST rates on benefits (do not use these rates for automobile operating expenses)

GST/HST rates on benefits, not including automobile operating expenses
Location GST/HST considered to be collected (a percentage of the value of the benefit)
Non-participating provinces 4/104
Nova Scotia, including the offshore area 14/114
New Brunswick 14/114
Newfoundland and Labrador 14/114
Ontario, small business 12/112
Ontario, large business Continue to Large businesses located in Ontario
Prince Edward Island, small business 14/114
Prince Edward Island, large business Continue to Large businesses located in Prince Edward Island

Large businesses located in Ontario or Prince Edward Island

If you are considered a large business, the GST/HST calculations may be different. If you cannot claim an input tax credit for the GST/HST you may not have to remit the GST/HST on that benefit.

When the location is in Ontario or Prince Edward Island, the percentage may be different if the registrant is a large business. In general, a person is considered a large business if the person is a registrant and:

  • Person has a threshold amount for the recapture of input tax credits (RITCs) of more than $10 million in their last fiscal year that ended before the recapture period
  • Person is one of the following financial institutions, or a person that is related to one of the following financial institutions: a bank; a credit union; a corporation that is licensed or otherwise authorized under the laws of Canada or a province to carry on in Canada the business of offering to the public its services as a trustee; an insurer or any other person whose principal business is providing insurance under insurance policies; a segregated fund of an insurer, an investment plan, or the person is the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation

Learn more: GST/HST Technical Information Bulletin B-104, Harmonized Sales Tax – Temporary Recapture of Input Tax Credits in Ontario and British Columbia.

If you are, or were, a large business, and the benefits relate to a motor vehicle that was subject to the RITC for the provincial part of the HST paid or payable on that vehicle you are considered to have collected, for 2022, the GST/HST as a percentage of the value of the benefits as follows:

  • 4/104, if the recapture rate was 100% on the last day of the last reporting period in which you reported the RITC for the provincial part of the HST paid or payable on that motor vehicle
  • 6/106, if the recapture rate was 75% on the last day of the last reporting period in which you reported the RITC for the provincial part of the HST paid or payable in Ontario on that motor vehicle
  • 6.5/106.5, if the recapture rate was 75% on the last day of the last reporting period in which you reported the RITC for the provincial part of the HST paid or payable in Prince Edward Island on that motor vehicle
  • 8/108, if the recapture rate was 50% on the last day of the last reporting period in which you reported the RITC for the provincial part of the HST paid or payable in Ontario on that motor vehicle
  • 9/109, if the recapture rate was 50% on the last day of the last reporting period in which you reported the RITC for the provincial part of the HST paid or payable in Prince Edward Island on that motor vehicle
  • 10/110, if the recapture rate was 25% on the last day of the last reporting period in which you reported the RITC for the provincial part of the HST paid or payable in Ontario on that motor vehicle
  • 11.5/111.5, if the recapture rate was 25% on the last day of the last reporting period in which you reported the RITC for the provincial part of the HST paid or payable in Prince Edward Island on that motor vehicle
  • 12/112, if the recapture rate was 0% on the last day of the last reporting period in which you reported the RITC for the provincial part of the HST paid or payable in Ontario on that motor vehicle
  • 14/114, if the recapture rate was 0% on the last day of the last reporting period in which you reported the RITC for the provincial part of the HST paid or payable in Prince Edward Island on that motor vehicle

GST/HST rates on automobile operating expenses benefits

GST/HST rates on automobile operating expenses
Location GST/HST considered to be collected
Non-participating provinces 3%
Nova Scotia, including offshore area 11%
New Brunswick 11%
Newfoundland and Labrador 11%
Ontario, small business 9%
Ontario, large business before tax year 2019 Refer to GST/HST Memorandum 9.2, Automobile Benefits
Prince Edward Island, small business 11%
Prince Edward Island, large business before tax year 2019 Refer to GST/HST Memorandum 9.2, Automobile Benefits

GST/HST rates on reimbursements made by employees or their relatives (do not use these rates for automobile standby charge or operating expenses)

GST/HST rates on reimbursements other than standby charge or operating expense of an automobile
Location GST/HST considered to be collected (a percentage of the reimbursement)
Non-participating provinces 5/105
Nova Scotia, including offshore area 15/115
New Brunswick 15/115
Newfoundland and Labrador 15/115
Ontario 13/113
Prince Edward Island 15/115

References

Legislation

ETA: 173
Taxable benefit is considered a supply for GST/HST purposes
ETA: 173(1)(b)
ITC restrictions – property or services exclusively for the personal use, consumption or enjoyment of an individual
ETA: 173(1)(c)
Supply of property otherwise than by way of sale
ETA: 173(1)(d)
Exclusions
ETA: 173(1)(d)(i)
ITC restrictions under section 170
ETA: 173(1)(d)(vi)(A)
Calculating the tax for automobile operating cost benefit
ETA: 173(1)(d)(vi)(B)
Calculating the tax for standby charge benefit
ETA: 173(2)
Election in effect to forego ITCs
ETA: 173(3)
Effect of the election


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2024-09-24