Definition: In the provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland and Labrador, a harmonized sales tax of 13 percent replaces both the federal goods and services tax (GST) and the provincial sales tax and is applied on the same basis as the GST.
harmonized sales tax - HST
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