thread Re: Indian status sales tax exemption in Orders, Menu Items, Catalog & Fulfilment

Indian status sales tax exemption

Dave2CR — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 22:06:54 GMT

Our business revenue has grown such that we need to start charging 13% HST. A first Nations individual presenting a Status Card is entitled to be exempt from the 8% provincial sales tax. I can find no easy way to accomplish this at the end of the transaction. It appears that I have to either create multiple tax selections for each item or a specific discount to be applied to each item, both of which are clumsy and error prone. Am I missing a simple solution?

Re: Indian status sales tax exemption

JustinC — Fri, 22 Jan 2021 21:08:09 GMT

Just so I understand, you're looking to charge some buyers 13% tax while charging other qualified buyers others 8%?

@Dave2CR

Re: Indian status sales tax exemption

Dave2CR — Tue, 09 Mar 2021 15:33:42 GMT

Sorry for my long delay in responding. We moved locations in the middle of a lockdown and it’s been just plain nuts around here.

I realized that the best solution was to abandon a single HST (harmonized sales tax) and instead split that into its’ component GST (goods & services tax) and PST (provincial sales tax), and apply those to our inventory. With that in place I can de-select the PST portion for any First Nations customer at the point of sale. Not sure how or where within the Square sale that I can document the persons Status Card identification number, but that can always be accomplished manually if need be.

Thank you for reaching out to me, Justin.

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Richard144 — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 18:22:39 GMT

Did you ever get a proper answer - I can't seem to find a work around

Re: Indian status sales tax exemption

JJ_ — Sat, 02 Jul 2022 19:11:46 GMT

Hey, @Richard144 The workaround that @Dave2CR offered is the current way of accomplishing this process. This is currently considered a feature request, and I will make sure to pass it over to our product team for their visibility and consideration.

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SongbirdFlorals — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 21:57:23 GMT

Any movement on this yet? It's been over 2 years.

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Sharpsk8s — Sat, 20 Apr 2024 01:00:54 GMT

Also interested on knowing if this was updated

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JTPets — Sat, 07 Dec 2024 03:14:43 GMT

Complying with Indian status tax exemption is the law. We need a clean solution for this. https://www.ontario.ca/document/retail-sales-tax/certificate-indian-status-identity-cards#:~:text=In%20situations%20where%20a%20Status,the%20property%20or%20services%20sold.

@isabelle for vis

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isabelle — Sat, 07 Dec 2024 03:32:25 GMT

Will look into this @JTPets

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JTPets — Sat, 07 Dec 2024 03:34:36 GMT

Deep diving since my reply we might not be obligated to offer the rebate as they have a path to rebate after. However it is poor customer experience when we look at them and say "sorry my pos doesn't know how to do thst and neither do I"

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isabelle — Tue, 10 Dec 2024 17:26:32 GMT

Fair point. I asked the team if we have this feature in the works, and if not, what the suggested course of action to comply is @JTPets.

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Tree-potts — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 19:43:46 GMT

Still following to see if there is a solution?

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jettys — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 13:28:39 GMT

Could really use a solution for this!

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SongbirdFlorals — Sun, 12 Oct 2025 15:34:14 GMT

Good grief...over 3 years and still no solution?