Sweetened soft drinks, vaping products and digital services such as Netflix and others will be subject to B.C.B次元官网网址檚 seven-per-cent provincial sales tax as of April 1.

The B.C. government announced that it was ending a PST exemptions for sweetened drinks and imposing the new digital services tax in its February 2020 budget, but then suspended the moves when it declared a state of emergency for COVID-19 a month later. Sales tax is already paid by Canadian streaming services such as CraveTV, and the new measure extends it to foreign-based services such as Netflix and Disney+.

B次元官网网址淎ll sellers of digital software and telecommunication services will be required to collect PST on sales to B.C. customers if they have B.C. revenues of more than $10,000,B次元官网网址� the finance ministry said in a statement March 5. B次元官网网址淎s part of these new requirements, beginning April 1, all Canadian sellers of vapour products will be required to register to collect PST on all online or mail-order sales to B.C. customers.B次元官网网址�

The 2020 budget removed the exemption for sweetened carbonated beverages, removing them from the classification of B次元官网网址渇ood products for human consumptionB次元官网网址� on the advice of public health authorities. Sales tax will apply to all carbonated drinks containing, sugar, natural or artificial sweeteners, including from soda fountains, soda guns and vending machines.

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