Hi there, any keen accounting types able to help me decode the taxes?
I run up agains this often, where I cannot decipher what I am allowed to put on my expenses for HST (I live in Ontario, I own my own business which is a GST / HST Registrant, and I travel for work thus I want to claim the input tax credit amount)
Any help is much appreciated. For the curious, this was a discounted business class fare from toronto to Europe, entire itinerary was purchased thru air canada but no flights actually on AC metal, it was combination of Austrian and Lufthanse codeshare flight.
thanks


Date of issue 09-Aug 2012
Fare Amount in Canadian dollars: 3,899.00
(including navigational & other charges)
Taxes, Fees & Charges
Canada Security Charge (CA) 25.91
Canada Harmonized Sales Tax (HST #10009-2287) (RC) 3.25
Combined Taxes *see fare calculation below (XT) 872.70


Total Fare in Canadian dollars: 4,800.86
Ticket particularities:
VLD AC TRANSATLANTIC ONLY
CXLFEE/CHGFEE
*Fare calculation:
01SEP12YTO AC VIE Q14.50R1493.41LH DUS AC YTO Q14.50R2152.10
1S96.72NUC3771.23 END ROE1.033870 XT726.00YQ25.00SQ22.70ZY
10.15QD9.77AT53.49OY21.05RA4.54DE
Canadian tax registration numbers:
XG Canada Goods and Service Tax (GST) #10009-2287
RC Canada Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) #10009-2287
XQ Quebec Sales Tax (QST) #1000-043-172
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The only HST you paid is $3.25.

You paid 726.00YQ, which is a fuel surcharge - and NOT a tax. Air Canada, and many other airlines lump it in with taxes. This accounts for most of the "tax" bill.

On International flights (outside of Canada and US), GST to does not apply to the flight itself, so you are basically paying tax on a tax - the HST applies to the "Canada Security Charge (CA) 25.91"

Thanks, I always wondered about that... that explains why the taxes on flights within Canada ar more inline with what I expect.

Actually, it applies to the $25.00 SQ charge (Airport Improvement Fee). $25 x 13% = $3.25

This is also an illegal practice and AC should be prosecuted for tax fraud and misrepresentation.