The HST impacts consumers in different ways than the old PST+GST system.
Understanding the impact of the HST as well as the PST+GST on your budgeting and spending decisions is important.
In this area you will find information on goods or services that are either taxed more, the same or less. These sections are based on today's HST rate of 12 per cent.
This page is dedicated to a general summary of how the HST impacts you as a consumer.
B.C. government’s printable PDF of affected items
Canada Revenue Agency’s information about how the HST applies to goods and services.