Canada’s GST Holiday
From December 14, 2024 to February 15, 2025, the Canadian government has removed the GST on certain items.
At Prairie Sky, this affects the following collections and items:
BOOKS: Books are always exempt from PST, so there will be zero tax on books during this time period, with following exceptions; journals, notebooks, colouring/activity books, and sticker books. As per the government’s website (linked at the bottom of this post)
These items do not qualify:
- E-books
- Downloadable audio books and e-audio books
- Magazines and periodicals that are not purchased by subscription or that have more than 5% of their printed space devoted to advertising
- Books designed primarily for writing on, such as address books, diaries, journals, and notebooks
- Colouring books, scrapbooks, sticker books, sketchbooks and albums for photographs, stamps or coins
- Brochures, pamphlets, catalogues and advertising material
- Warranty booklets and owner's manuals
- Agendas and calendars
- Certain directories and collections of street or road maps
- Cut-out and press-out books
- Collections of patterns, stencils, or blueprints
- Programs for events or performances
- Rate books
- Recordings of performances of musical scores
- Recordings of unpublished manuscripts
- CD-ROMs, DVDs, and Blu-ray discs with textual or visual information
TOYS, PUZZLES, & GAMES: Please note that Manitoba does charge PST on these items, so the PST will still apply during this time.
SWEET TREATS: Please note that Manitoba does charge PST on candy and snack foods, so the PST will still apply during this time.
CHILDREN’S SOCKS: Children’s clothing is exempt from PST, so there will be zero tax on our baby socks during this time.
DECORATIVE CHRISTMAS TREES: Our small collection of bottle-brush decorative are exempt from GST during this time, but PST does apply.
You can find the details of the GST holiday here:
https://www.canada.ca/en/services/taxes/child-and-family-benefits/gst-hst-holiday-tax-break.html