Canada Reverse Sales Tax (GST/HST/PST) Calculator

Find pre-tax price and tax breakdown in any Canadian province with this reverse sales tax calculator to help show the GST/HST/PST from a total.

Sales tax GST/HST/PST rates by province in Canada

The location of the sale is important in working backwards from a total to the sales tax that was charge. GST/HST/PST rates vary across the provinces. This makes it important to select the correct province in the reverse sales tax calculator. This table shows the sales tax rates across Canada which are used in the above calculator.

How this reverse sales tax calculator works

This reverse sales tax calculator helps find the GST/HST/PST from a total based on the sales tax rates in the province the sale was made. You must input the total of the sale as well as select the province for this reverse sales tax calculator to show you the sales tax that that would have been charged as well as a pre-tax price.

If you want to see how much sales tax would be charged starting with the pre-tax price, you can use our sales tax calculator to calculate this amount based on the province.

Special sales tax considerations

There are special considerations that must be taken into consideration. These are purchases where the normal tax rates do not apply. Some of these rebates are on specific purchases or relate to specific categories. These tax exemptions can be at a federal or provincial level.