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MORE MONEY IN YOUR POCKET: A TAX BREAK FOR ALL CANADIANS

From: Department of Finance Canada


BACKGROUNDER

The government is proposing that the GST/HST be fully and temporarily relieved
on holiday essentials, like groceries, restaurant meals, drinks, snacks,
children’s clothing, and gifts, from December 14, 2024, to February 15, 2025.
This tax break will make a meaningful difference for Canadians by making
essentially all food GST/HST free, providing real relief at the cash register.

November 21, 2024

The government can’t set prices at the checkout, but we can give Canadians more
money in their pockets. To help them buy the things they need and save for the
things they want, the government announced that it will be introducing
legislation in Parliament that would provide for a two-month Goods and Services
Tax/Harmonized Sales Tax (GST/HST) break for groceries and holiday essentials.

The government is proposing that the GST/HST be fully and temporarily relieved
on holiday essentials, like groceries, restaurant meals, drinks, snacks,
children’s clothing, and gifts, from December 14, 2024, to February 15, 2025.
This tax break will make a meaningful difference for Canadians by making
essentially all food GST/HST free, providing real relief at the cash register.


MORE MONEY IN CANADIANS’ POCKETS

Removing the GST from these qualifying goods for two months will provide an
estimated $1.6 billion in federal tax relief.

A family spending $2,000 on qualifying goods, such as children’s clothing, shoes
and toys, diapers, books, snacks for the house, or restaurant meals would
realize GST savings of $100 over the two-month period.

In provinces where the HST will also be removed from qualifying goods (Ontario,
Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward
Island), further savings would be realized. In Ontario, the same $2,000 basket
of qualifying purchases realize HST savings of $260 over the two-month period.


HOW IT WORKS

Businesses are expected to remove the GST/HST on qualifying goods at checkout as
of December 14, 2024.

The proposed relief would apply to the below listed goods that are delivered to
the purchaser, and paid for during the relief period. The GST/HST would also be
fully and temporarily relieved on an importation of these same qualifying goods
if the goods are imported during the period beginning on December 14, 2024, and
ending on February 15, 2025.


QUALIFYING GOODS

The following are descriptions of goods that would qualify for the proposed tax
relief.

 * Children’s clothing: meaning garments (other than garments of a class that
   are used exclusively in sports or recreational activities, costumes,
   children’s diapers, or children’s footwear) that are:
   * Designed for babies, including baby bibs, bunting blankets and receiving
     blankets;
   * Children’s garments up to girls size 16 or boys size 20, according to the
     national standard applicable to the garments, and if no national standard
     applies to the children’s garments, girls or boys sizes extra small, small,
     medium, or large; or,
   * Hosiery or stretchy socks, hats, ties, scarves, belts, suspenders, or
     mittens and gloves in sizes and styles designed for children or babies.
 * Children’s footwear: meaning footwear (other than stockings, socks or similar
   footwear or footwear of a class that is used exclusively in sports or
   recreational activities) that is designed for babies or children and has an
   insole length of 24.25 centimetres or less.
 * Children’s diapers: meaning a product designed for babies or children and
   that is a diaper, a diaper insert or liner, a training pant, or a rubber pant
   designed for use in conjunction with any of those items.
 * Children’s car seats: meaning a restraint system or booster seat that
   conforms to the Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 213, 213.1, 213.2 or
   213.5 under the Motor Vehicle Restraint Systems and Booster Seats Safety
   Regulations.
 * Print newspapers: meaning print newspapers containing news, editorials,
   feature stories, or other information of interest to the general public that
   are published at regular intervals. They would not include electronic or
   digital publications. They would also exclude most fliers, inserts,
   magazines, periodicals, or shoppers.
 * Printed books: including a printed book or an update of such a book, an audio
   recording where 90 per cent or more of it is a spoken reading of a printed
   book, or a bound or unbound printed version of scripture of any religion.
   However, they would not include:
   * a magazine or periodical purchased individually, not through a
     subscription;
   * a magazine or periodical in which the printed space devoted to advertising
     is more than 5 per cent of the total printed space;
   * a brochure or pamphlet; 
   * a sales catalogue, a price list or advertising material;
   * a warranty booklet or an owner’s manual;
   * a book designed primarily for writing on;
   * a colouring book or a book designed primarily for drawing on or for
     affixing or inserting items such as clippings, pictures, coins, stamps, or
     stickers;
   * a cut-out book or a press-out book;
   * a program relating to an event or performance;
   * an agenda, calendar, syllabus or timetable;
   * a directory, an assemblage of charts or an assemblage of street or road
     maps (other than a guidebook or an atlas that consists in whole or in part
     of maps other than street or road maps);
   * a rate book; or,
   * an assemblage of blueprints, patterns, or stencils.
 * Christmas trees or similar decorative trees: whether natural or artificial.
 * Food or beverages: items for human consumption that are:
   * Alcoholic beverages (excluding spirits but including wine, beer, ciders,
     and spirit coolers up to 7 per cent ABV);
   * Carbonated beverages, non-carbonated fruit juice or fruit flavoured
     beverages or products that, when added to water, produce one of these
     beverages;
   * Candies; confectionery classed as candy or goods sold as candies (e.g.,
     candy floss, chewing gum, and chocolate); fruits, seeds, nuts or popcorn
     coated or treated with candy, chocolate, honey, molasses, sugar, syrup, or
     artificial sweeteners;
   * Chips, crisps, puffs, curls, or sticks (e.g., potato chips, corn chips,
     cheese puffs, potato sticks, bacon crisps, and cheese curls), popcorn,
     brittle pretzels, and salted nuts or seeds;
   * Granola products and snack mixtures that contain cereals, nuts, seeds,
     dried fruit, or other edible products;
   * Ice lollies, juice bars, ice waters, ice cream, ice milk, sherbet, frozen
     yoghurt or frozen pudding, including non-dairy substitutes;
   * Fruit bars, rolls or drops or similar fruit-based snack foods;
   * Cakes, muffins, pies, pastries, tarts, cookies, doughnuts, brownies,
     croissants with sweetened filling or coating (note that many bread
     products, such as bagels, English muffins, croissants, and bread rolls, are
     already zero-rated);
   * Pudding, including flavoured gelatine, mousse, flavoured whipped dessert
     product, or any other products similar to pudding;
   * Prepared salads, sandwiches, platters of cheese, cold cuts, fruit or
     vegetables, and other arrangements of prepared food;
   * Food or beverages heated for consumption;
   * Beverages dispensed at the place where they are sold;
   * Food or beverages sold in conjunction with catering services;
   * Food or beverages sold at an establishment where all or substantially all
     of the food or beverages sold are currently excluded from zero-rating
     (e.g., a restaurant, coffee shop, take-out outlet, pub, mobile canteen,
     lunch counter, or concession stand); and
   * Bottled water or unbottled water that is dispensed at a permanent
     establishment of the supplier.
 * Select children’s toys: a product that is designed for use by children under
   14 years of age in learning or play and that is:
   * a board game or card game (e.g., a strategy board game, playing cards, or a
     matching/memory card game);
   * a toy that imitates another item (e.g., a doll house, a toy car or truck, a
     toy farm set, or an action figure);
   * a doll, plush toy or soft toy (e.g., a teddy bear); or,
   * a construction toy (e.g., building blocks, such as Lego, STEM assembly
     kits, or plasticine).
 * Jigsaw puzzles, for all ages.
 * Video-game consoles, controllers or physical game media (e.g., a video-game
   cartridge or disc).


RELATED PRODUCT

 * News Release: More money in your pocket: A tax break for all Canadians and
   the Working Canadians Rebate
 * Backgrounder: More money in your pocket: the Working Canadians Rebate

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