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Please explain the difference between GST Taxable, HST Taxable, and Zero Rated in the Expenses which you incurred for the entire home with respect to electricity?

Do I just add my entire electricity bill in the GST column?  or only the GST portion of the bill?  What do I put in the zero rated column?
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Please explain the difference between GST Taxable, HST Taxable, and Zero Rated in the Expenses which you incurred for the entire home with respect to electricity?

Same question here ... darn Turbotax is not easy to fill at all, second time I try it within several years, first time I gave up, and this time I am giving up as well 😭 I guess I'll continue with an accountant then :( ...

Please explain the difference between GST Taxable, HST Taxable, and Zero Rated in the Expenses which you incurred for the entire home with respect to electricity?

If you were charged GST, put your expense in the GST column.If you were charged HST, then put it in the HST column. If the expense was zero rated, then put it in the zero rated column, though please note that most things are NOT zero rated.

Please explain the difference between GST Taxable, HST Taxable, and Zero Rated in the Expenses which you incurred for the entire home with respect to electricity?

What if I pay both GST and QST on my electricity? Do I put the total amount of electricity I paid in both columns? 

Please explain the difference between GST Taxable, HST Taxable, and Zero Rated in the Expenses which you incurred for the entire home with respect to electricity?

@Confused999 There is no QST column. You would put your expense in the GST column.

Please explain the difference between GST Taxable, HST Taxable, and Zero Rated in the Expenses which you incurred for the entire home with respect to electricity?

From what I can tell, there is no GST or HST charged for municipal water. Does that mean it is zero-rated, or do I just not include my municipal water expense at all?

Please explain the difference between GST Taxable, HST Taxable, and Zero Rated in the Expenses which you incurred for the entire home with respect to electricity?

@dixius99 If no GST/HST is charged, you can put it under zero-rated/exempt.

iustin79
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Please explain the difference between GST Taxable, HST Taxable, and Zero Rated in the Expenses which you incurred for the entire home with respect to electricity?

There is no QST but the question remains valid, because we pay on hydro for example, both GST and HST. So then, do we put the total amount under both? Thank you.