We've added a function to GTD Cloud that produces combined HST rates at the provincial level for transactions that take place in any of the five Canadian provinces that use Harmonized Sales Tax (HST).
In the past, GTD Cloud customers were required to redirect transactions for these provinces to artificial HST countries in order to produce the combined tax rate. This function produces combined HST rates for the actual provinces, so you no longer need to rely on custom rules.
Support for artificial HST countries in GTD Cloud ended on August 30, 2024. If you haven't already, you should set up combined HST rates for your organization as soon as possible to ensure that your Canadian tax calculations remain accurate.
Talk to Support
Our Support team can turn on the combined HST rates setting for your organization.
If your organization uses data editor rules to redirect HST transactions, Support will also remove those rules.
After Support turns on combined HST rates for your organization, any new organization you add to GTD will automatically have combined HST rates turned on. Child organizations added to an existing parent will inherit this setting from the parent.
Update your settings
Any configurations that use the artificial HST countries must be updated with the actual HST provinces. This may include:
- Business parties (customer, vendor, and/or third-party)
- Entity/Use codes
- Exemption certificates
- Geo codes (if not using data editor rules)
Check your Canada nexus
Make sure that your organization has nexus set up in Canada in the Nexus and Registrations page. Since all 5 HST provinces inherit their registration statuses from Canada, you only need to make sure that the Status field for Canada says something other than No Nexus.