Everything Included in the Holiday Season Tax Break
Canadians here in Kitchener-Conestoga and across the country deserve some relief this holiday season.
Our federal government is stepping up to make life more affordable for you and your family by:
Pausing the GST/HST on essentials like groceries, snacks, and kids’ clothing—a holiday season tax break for all Canadians that will start on December 14th.
Delivering the Working Canadians Rebate: a $250 payment for those who earned up to $150k in 2023.
I know this is going to help a lot of families and small businesses here in our community!
To help you out, here is a full list of items that will be included in the tax break.
Food and beverages:
Wine, beer, ciders, and spirit coolers up to seven per cent alcohol by volume.
Candies, including candy floss, chewing gum, and chocolate, as well as fruits, seeds, nuts or popcorn coated or treated with candy, chocolate, honey, molasses, sugar, syrup or artificial sweeteners
Salty snacks including chips, crisps, puffs, curls, sticks, popcorn, brittle pretzels and salted nuts or seeds
Granola products and snack mixtures that contain cereals, nuts, seeds, dried fruit or other edible products
Popsicles, juice bars, ice waters, ice cream, ice milk, sherbet, frozen yogurt or frozen pudding, including non-dairy substitutes
Fruit bars, rolls or drops or similar fruit-based snack foods
Cakes, muffins, pies, pastries, tarts, cookies, doughnuts, brownies, and croissants with sweetened filling or coating
Pudding, including flavoured gelatine, mousse, flavoured whipped dessert product or any other products similar to pudding
Prepared salads, sandwiches, platters of cheese, cold cuts, fruit or vegetables and other arrangements of prepared food
Food or beverages heated for consumption, beverages dispensed at the place where they are sold and those bought as part of a catering service
Kids’ stuff and games:
Children’s clothing, including garments up to girls’ size 16 or boys’ size 20, baby bibs, socks, hosiery, hats, mittens and gloves, scarves and shoes
Children’s diapers
Children’s car seats
Children’s toys, designed for kids under 14, and jigsaw puzzles
Video game consoles, controllers, and physical editions of video games
Literature and trees:
Print newspapers
Printed books and audiobooks
Christmas trees
