I am a resident of British Columbia Canada and have been asked by a business in Sweden to do contract work as a web developer. What taxes would I have to pay/charge?
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Starring, since I'm also in BC... But I haven't had any foreign customers yet– Canadian Luke ♦Commented Oct 11, 2013 at 18:23
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@CanadianLuke Reddit is saying no tax– SinethetaCommented Oct 11, 2013 at 19:49
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@Sinetheta, is it no tax at all? Or just no special tax?– MichaelSCommented Oct 12, 2013 at 23:16
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I'm still waiting to visit an accountant, but it sounds like no tax. Anything on their end is not your problem.– SinethetaCommented Oct 13, 2013 at 1:11
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Ask and accountant or tax attorney.– ScottCommented Oct 17, 2013 at 9:21
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There is no tax. GST does not apply to sales of Intangible Personal Property to customers outside of Canada.
Section 10.1 of Part V of Schedule VI of the Excise Tax Act received Royal Assent on June 22, 2007, and zero-rates all supplies of intangible personal property (IPP) made to non-residents that are not registered for GST. There are, however, certain exceptions, which generally concern supplies of IPP that are closely connected to Canada. The exceptions are akin to other such exceptions found in similar zero-rating provisions for services.
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Hey Sinetheta, this question is part of our self-evaluation review queue. To improve this post and make sure it helps future visitors, can you or someone else please edit in the relevant parts from the link you reference? If the link were to break, this wouldn't be very helpful to future visitors who may be searching the same question.– jmort253Commented Dec 2, 2013 at 9:12