Canada is a multicultural and bilingual
nation with English and French-speaking people which occupies the northern
portion of North America and has the second largest total area of any country
in the world. Canada also has the
longest single country border in the world with the United States to its
south. Canada contains ten provinces and
three territories and its primary business sector is comprised of logging and
petroleum industries.
Canada has a well-established Premium Rates
Market, heavily influenced by the UK Regulator, and for this reason, there are
restrictions on content and behaviors provided by service numbers. In Canada, 900 content providers are required
to waive all reasonably disputed 900 charges for first-time disputes, and to
advise customers who dispute 900 service charges of the call blocking feature
to protect them from future fees. 900
content providers are also prohibited from using programs that use repetitive
scripts, long holding periods, excessive wording or long downloading features
in order to prolong the call and increase charges, regardless of whether their
calls are billed by a 900 content provider, a telephone company, or another
agent.
The federal government levies a multi-stage
sales tax of 7% on goods and services (6% from 1 July 2006), that is called the
Goods and Services Tax (GST), and, in some provinces, the Harmonized Sales Tax
(HST). The GST/HST is similar to a value-added tax. We provide value-added services for all our
Premium Rate Services to offset these costs.
Provincial sales tax rates at the retail
level on goods and some services are as follows:
British Columbia: 7%
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Ontario: 8%
Saskatchewan: 7%
Prince Edward Island: 10%
Manitoba: 7%
Quebec: 7.5%
900 content providers are required to waive all
reasonably disputed 900 charges for first-time disputes, and to advise
customers who dispute 900 service charges of the call blocking feature
to protect them from future fees.
900 content providers are also prohibited from using programs that use repetitive
scripts, long holding periods, excessive wording or long downloading features
in order to prolong the call and increase charges, regardless of whether their
calls are billed by a 900 content provider, a telephone company, or another agent.
The federal government levies a multi-stage sales tax of 7% on goods and services
(6% from 1 July 2006), that is called the Goods
and Services Tax (GST), and, in some provinces, the Harmonized
Sales Tax (HST). The GST/HST is similar to a value-added
tax.
Provincial sales tax rates at the retail level on goods and some services
are as follows:
- British
Columbia: 7%
- Ontario:
8%
- Saskatchewan:
7%
- Prince
Edward Island: 10%
- Manitoba:
7%
- Quebec:
7.5%
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