Dates and location
Pricing
Hours
Dates and location
Pricing
Hours
Description
The application of Canada’s federal sales tax, the GST/HST is often far more complex than practitioners or businesses realize. The GST/HST principles involved are often quite different from those applied to income tax.
This course will provide an overview a variety of important concepts related to the application and the recovery of the GST/HST.
The course provides an overview of Canada’s federal sales tax relevant for accountants working with clients or in industry. The who, what and when for GST commences with a review of the three different types of supplies and their significance. The GST and HST place of supply rules are presented in detail with a lot of examples because their misinterpretation often creates significant exposures for suppliers located in both harmonized and non-harmonized provinces.
Also reviewed are registration, collection requirements, who pays tax, documentation, input tax credit entitlements and some cross border issues. The material highlights common sources of errors and assessments frequently discovered during a GST/HST audit or a review of a client’s books and records.
Topics Include:
- GST/HST Basics
- Who pays GST/HST?
- Collecting GST/HST
- GST place-of-supply rules
- HST place-of-supply rules
- Other collection issues
- Import issues
- Export issues
- General recovery rules
- Employee reimbursements and allowances
- Reporting net tax overview
- Compliance issue overview
NOTE: This course description has been revised and reflects updates for 2024. If you have any questions, please contact pdevents@cpaontario.ca.
Schedule
- February 4, 2025, 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
- February 6, 2025, 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Key Takeaways
By the end of this course, participants should be able to:
- Describe how the GST and HST works.
- Participants will be able to determine the tax rate applicable on a taxable supply made in Canada.
- Describe the importance of the recovery rules that are required to be met before claiming an input tax credit.
- Describe and list the input tax credit restrictions and limitations.
- Explain issues and exposures related to the importation and exportation of taxable supplies.
- Identify and reduce other typical common audit exposures.
Who Will Benefit
CPAs and students, practitioners to accountants in business/industry and other advisors who want to obtain a greater understanding of the federal sales tax system in Canada. It will also be beneficial to those who deal with the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) on a daily basis or those who would like a refresher and update of trending issues.
Prerequisite(s)
Participants should have a good solid understanding of accounting and bookkeeping principles.
How to Access the Course
This course is a live webinar. You must attend the live course to receive verifiable CPD hours. We recommend you join five minutes prior to the scheduled starting time. To get the full experience of this interactive course, use a computer that has video and microphone capabilities.
Electronic material can be accessed one week prior to the course and should be downloaded in advance.
Registration, cancellation, withdrawal and all other CPA Ontario PD policies can be found here.
Speaker(s)
Gregory M. Sawatsky, MAcc, CPA, CA graduated from Brock University’s Co-Op Program with an Honours Bachelor of Accounting degree in 2000, receiving three awards for academic achievement. Greg passed the 2000 National Uniform Final CA examinations, ranking 6th in Ontario and received his CA designation in 2001. Greg completed his Master of Accountancy degree with a specialization in Taxation in December 2001. Greg was appointed manager in 2002 and was admitted to partnership in 2007. He has completed the CICA In-Depth Tax course and the CICA In-Depth GST course.