How Can We Exempt a Customer from PST or GST or both?
Overview
You want to know if there is a way to only change GST in British Columbia for certain exempt customers.
Environment
Avalara AvaTax
Resolution
- To keep the exemptions for Canada 5% GST and the regional PST taxes separate, AvaTax has the option to create an exemption for each jurisdiction.
- In order to exempt tax for a specific province, you would create an exemption certificate entry for your customer for that specific province.
- If you use CertCapture, please click here to learn how to validate certificates.
- If you use Exemptions, learn how to create an exemption.
- Please review the Exemption Reason Matrix to find an exemption reason that will tax as you expect