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Common sales tax codes

QuickBooks Online automatically sets up a list of common Canadian sales tax codes for you, based on where your company is located.

Province/Territory	Sales tax code	Description	Rate	Taxable or non-taxable
All	Z	Zero-rated	0%	Taxable
All	E	Tax-exempt	N/A	Non-taxable
All	Out of scope	Nontaxable goods and services	0%	N/A
Alberta, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon Territory	GST	Federal goods & services tax	5%	Taxable
British Columbia	GST BC	Federal tax (GST) only	5%	Taxable
	PST BC	BC provincial tax only	7%	Taxable
	GST/PST BC	Federal and provincial tax (BC)	12%	Taxable
Manitoba	GST/PST MB	Combined federal and Manitoba provincial tax	13%	Taxable
	GST	Federal tax (GST) only	5%	Taxable
	PST MB	Manitoba provincial tax only	8%	Taxable
New Brunswick	HST NB	Harmonized federal and New Brunswick provincial tax	15%	Taxable
Newfoundland and Labrador	HST NL	Harmonized federal and Newfoundland and Labrador provincial tax	15%	Taxable
Nova Scotia	HST NS	Harmonized federal and Nova Scotia provincial tax	15%	Taxable
Ontario	HST ON	Harmonized federal and Ontario provincial tax	13%	Taxable
Prince Edward Island	HST	Harmonized federal and PEI provincial tax	14%	Taxable
Québec	GST/QST QC	Combined federal and Québec provincial tax	14.975%	Taxable
	GST	Federal tax (GST) only	5%	Taxable
	QST QC	Québec provincial tax only	9.975%	Taxable
Saskatchewan	GST/PST SK	Combined federal and Saskatchewan provincial tax	10%	Taxable
	GST	Federal tax (GST) only	5%	Taxable
	PST SK	Saskatchewan provincial tax only	5%	Taxable