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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 and a few other types, such as annuities, emergency medical travel insurance, creditor insurance on a mortgage or loan, and crop 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. Saskatchewan exempts a private used-vehicle purchase from PST when the vehicle's fair market value is $5,000 or less, Saskatchewan tax was paid on it before, and the seller is an individual who used it personally or for farming; a tax-paid vehicle given to you by a close family member who used it personally is also exempt. Saskatchewan charges PST on the price minus the credit allowed for a trade-in, whether a dealer or a private seller accepts it, as long as Saskatchewan tax was paid on the trade-in, it isn't exempt, and it is yours and traded in at the time of the sale. When a dealer accepts your used vehicle, or other used goods, as full or partial payment, the GST or HST is charged on the price minus the amount the dealer credits you for the trade-in, as long as you aren't required to collect GST/HST on the trade-in yourself, as a registrant trading in a business asset would be. The car sales tax by province page has the full comparison.

Sources

The figures and rules on this page come from these sources, last checked against them between September 24, 2026 and October 3, 2026. How we check facts.