The GST/HST: Creating an Integrated Sales Tax in a Federal Country

Canada is not a country with a reputation for bold experimentation. However, decades of federal-provincial compromises have successfully disproved the belief that an invoice-credit, destination-based value-added tax (VAT) is unworkable at the subnational level. Canada’s experiences with the GST, as...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Richard M. Bird
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Calgary 2012-03-01
Series:The School of Public Policy Publications
Online Access:https://www.policyschool.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/bird-gst-hst.pdf