Posted By Ezra Silverton in eCommerce on 2008-01-02
Just a reminder to Canadian ecommerce sites - update your goods and services tax (GST) rate as per latest reduction. As of January 1, 2008 the GST rate was reduce from 6% to 5%. Full Article
Posted By Ezra Silverton in Beware!, eCommerce on 2007-09-28
Watch out Canadian eBay PowerSellers! The government wants to be certain that you are claiming the correct amount of revenue for tax purposes. Full Article
Posted By Ezra Silverton in eCommerce on 2007-05-07
Website owners should be aware of recent developments on the collection of GST from non-Canadians on web based sales. Full Article
Posted By Ezra Silverton in eCommerce on 2006-05-29
On May 2, 2006, the Canadian federal government announced a reduction to the GST rate from 7% to 6%, and to the HST rate from 15% to 14%, starting July 1st, 2006. Full Article
Posted By Ezra Silverton in eCommerce on 2006-04-26
Canadians are more cautious than our US neighbours when it comes to making online purchases and disclosing personal information. For those clients who take the plunge into ecommerce, one of the major reported factors for shopping cart abandonment is visitors’ suspicion of the way companies handle online customer information. Although, generally speaking, statistics show rapid growth in ecommerce, one of the most common deterrents to completing an online sale is a customer’s lack of confidence in a vendor’s website.
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