Immediate and Substantial Sales Tax Changes in Saskatchewan

March 30, 2017

Charles Maniace

Author

Sovos

This blog was last updated on March 30, 2017

On March 22, 2017, Saskatchewan, Canada announced its annual budget. The changes made to their sales tax were massive and virtually immediate. The most notable was a standard rate increase (effective at midnight that night) from 5.0% to 6.0%. Further, effective April 1 Saskatchewan’s exemptions for children’s clothing, real property services and certain food items was repealed. Although the exemption for diapers and similar baby items were initially announced as repealed, subsequent official guidance specifies they will remain exempt. The removal of Saskatchewan’s broad food exemption represents a dramatic shift in policy in a way that closely follows the national GST regime.

Charles Maniace

Chuck is Vice President –Regulatory Analysis & Design at Sovos, a global provider of software that safeguards businesses from the burden and risk of modern tax. An attorney by trade, he leads a team of attorneys and tax professionals that provide the tax and regulatory content that keeps Sovos customers continually compliant. Over his 20-year career in tax and regulatory automation, he has provided analysis to the Wall Street Journal, NBC, Bloomberg and more. Chuck has also been named to the Accounting Today list of Top 100 Most Influential People four times.

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