Businesses owners who want to learn more about the Provincial Sales Tax (PST) can join interactive webinars offered by the provincial government in August.
The interactive webinar will cover the general principles of the PST and the new eTaxBC online business registration service. Registration and information is available at www.gov.bc.ca/pstoutreach.
Webinars are scheduled for: Aug. 7 from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., and on Aug. 21 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Additional PST tools and services available to help businesses include:
• ST Specialists: If you operate a business in British Columbia, you can sign up for a ministry PST specialist to review your accounting and reporting systems to ensure your systems are properly set up to comply with the provincial sales tax laws at www.gov.bc.ca/pstoutreach.
• ST bulletins and notices – including the recent publications: “What’s Taxable under the PST and What’s Not” and the “Small Business Guide to PST.”
• ideos online:
• eturning to the PST – An Overview for Business
• ST in B.C. Online Registration
• ow to File and Pay PST in B.C.
• ST in BC Third Party Preparer
• usinesses with questions about the PST can call our toll-free help line at 1-877-388-4440, or e-mail questions to CTBTaxQuestions@gov.bc.ca.
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• usinesses that sell or lease taxable goods, or sell software or taxable services in B.C. must register to obtain a new PST number, even if they have an old PST number.
• usinesses can register three ways:
• nline – go to www.gov.bc.ca/etaxbc/register
• n person – go to the nearest Service BC Centre. See locations at: www.servicebc.gov.bc.ca/ or visit our office at 1802 Douglas St. in Victoria.
• y mail or fax – complete the Application for Registration for Provincial Sales Tax (FIN 418) found at www.gov.bc.ca/pst (Go to Forms).
• new PST number will be assigned once the business registration application is processed.
Register for future webinars by completing the online registration form at www.gov.bc.ca/pstoutreach. View the presentation from previous webinar sessions at www.gov.bc.ca/pstoutreach.
Learn more about the services available to businesses to support the transition to PST at www.gov.bc.ca/pstoutreach.
