HST Notice May 2010 – Prepaid Funeral & Cemetery Arrangements explains whether the goods and services tax (GST) or the HST applies to funeral or cemetery services supplied under a prepaid arrangement in Ontario or British Columbia. Also, it explains whether the GST or the HST applies to supplies of interment rights in Ontario or British Columbia for periods that include July 1, 2010.
June 30, 2010 – This notice from the Department of Finance Canada confirms that under the general HST transitional rules that the interment of human remains in a cemetery, mausoleum, or an simliar place used for the interment of human remains, supplied under a written agreement that is entered into before July 1, 2010, is exempt from the HST.
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