NAME Business::Tax::Canada - perform Canadian GST/HST/PST calculations SYNOPSIS use Business::Tax::Canada; my $tax = Business::Tax::Canada->new; my $price = $tax->item( from => 'ab', to => 'ab' price => 120); my $price_to_customer = $price->full; # 126.00 my $gst_charged = $price->gst; # 6.00 my $pst_charged = $price->pst; # 0 my $net_charged = $price->net; # 120 DESCRIPTION This module will allow you to calculate the Canadian GST and PST charges on items. There are several key processes: CONSTRUCTING A TAX OBJECT my $tax = Business::Tax::Canada->new; First, construct a tax object. There is no need to specify a list of provinces as all are supported. PRICING AN ITEM my $price = $tax->item( from => $province_code, to => $province_code, $unit_price => $province_code); You create a Price object by calling the 'item' constructor, with the seller's location (from), the buyer's location (to), and the unit price. From and to locations are used to determine if PST tax should be charged. You must supply all values or you will receive an error. CALCULATING THE COMPONENT PRICES my $price_to_customer = $price->full; my $gst_charged = $price->gst; my $pst_charged = $price->pst; my $tvq_charged = $price->tvq; my $net_price_to_me = $price->net; Once you have the price, you can query it for either the 'full' price that will be charged (GST + PST if applicable), the 'gst' amount, the 'pst' amount, or the 'net' amount, which will be the same number you entered in the item method. tvq (Quebec's PST) is simply an alias to the pst method. PROVINCES AND RATES This module uses the following rates and codes: Code Province GST/HST PST ab Alberta 5% N/A bc British Columbia 12% N/A mb Manitoba 5% 7% nb New Brunswick 13% N/A nf Newfoundland & Labrador 13% N/A nt Northwest Territories 5% N/A ns Nova Scotia 15% N/A nu Nunavut 5% N/A on Ontario 13% N/A pe Prince Edward Island 5% 10% * qc Quebec 5% 9.975% sk Saskatchewan 5% 5% yt Yukon Territory 5% N/A * In Prince Edward Island only, the GST is included in the provincial sales tax base. You are also charged PST on GST. FEEDBACK If you find this module useful, or have any comments, suggestions or improvements, please let me know. Patches are welcome! AUTHOR Created by Andy Grundman. Updated and maintained by Steve Simms. THANKS This module was heavily inspired by Tony Bowden's Business::Tax::VAT. COPYRIGHT This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. WARRANTY This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.