British Columbia's Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) 12%

 In August 2011, the HST was rejected by BC voters. As the provincial government strategizes, the Motion Picture Production Industry Association of BC "The Voice & Vision of BC's Film Industry" is working with the province in the film industry's best interests. For updated information, please refer to MPPIA's web site (here).

In the meantime, the HST is still effective and is recoverable.

HST Contact Numbers

Quick Contacts:

• Canada Revenue Agency - Technical Questions: 1-800-959-5525
• Ministry of Finance: 1-877-388-4440

Public Inquiries

The HST is administered by the Canada Revenue Agency, not the Province of British Columbia.

Please direct telephone enquiries to CRA as follows:

Enquiries on the following topics should be referred to the CRA's General Business enquiries telephone lines at 1-800-959-5525 (English) or 1-800-959-7775 (French):

• Application of the HST, including
  • How the HST applies to goods and services,
  • The application of the HST under the general transitional rules;
  • The application of the HST to interprovincial/interjurisdictional sales of goods and services; and
  • HST registration and remittance/filing requirements.

Enquiries related to the following topics should be referred to the CRA's technical GST/HST enquiries telephone line at 1-800-959-8287 (English) or 1-800-959-8296 (French):

For all other questions, including questions related to the wind-down of the provincial sales tax and provincial hotel room tax, the provincially administered credit for residential energy and the tax on the private sales of vehicles, boats and aircraft, please contact the Province at: