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Saskatchewan Sales Tax (GST + PST) 2026 | 11% Total

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This calculator adds Saskatchewan’s GST and PST to a price, showing each separately, or switches to reverse mode to take them out of a total you’ve already paid.

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Stores round each tax line separately, so a receipt can differ from this result by a cent or two.

How sales tax works in Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan charges the 5% GST and its own 6% PST as two separate taxes, for 11% in total. The GST goes to the Canada Revenue Agency and the PST to Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Finance, and both are charged on the pre-tax price. On a $2,300 repair, that is $115.00 of GST plus $138.00 of PST, for $2,553.00 in total.

At 11%, Saskatchewan’s rate is the second-lowest of the ten provinces; only Alberta, which charges just the GST, is lower. Neighbouring Manitoba charges 12% under the same two-tax system. The sales tax by province page compares every province. Saskatchewan’s most recent rate change:

  • March 23, 2017: Saskatchewan increased PST from 5% to 6%

A PST with a broad base

Saskatchewan’s rate is low, but since its 2017 budget the PST covers several things it used to exempt:

  • Restaurant meals and snack foods have been taxable since April 1, 2017.
  • Children’s clothing became taxable on the same date, matching the GST. BC’s PST, by contrast, exempts children-sized clothing.
  • Insurance premiums carry the PST for contracts effective on or after August 1, 2017, apart from life, health, disability, accident and sickness insurance. Insurance isn’t subject to the GST, so this is PST only.
  • Repair and renovation contracts on buildings: the contractor charges PST on the total charge to the customer, including labour, and buys the materials for the job without paying PST.

The same budget kept the PST exemptions for basic groceries, heating fuels, residential electricity, prescription drugs and reading materials. Basic groceries and prescription drugs also carry no GST, as the zero-rated and exempt section explains.

Vehicles

Saskatchewan charges its 6% PST on vehicles, including private used-vehicle sales, where it applies to the greater of the price and the vehicle’s Red Book value. A private sale is exempt when both are $5,000 or less. When you trade in a Saskatchewan tax-paid vehicle at a dealer, its value comes off the price before both the PST and the GST are calculated. The car sales tax by province page has the full comparison.