Canadian Tax Rates for Provinces - Invoice Template

Accounting & Taxes
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Topic summary

A Shopify store owner selling books across Canada needs help adjusting their invoice template to separately display tax breakdowns specifically for shipping charges.

Current Challenge:

  • They understand the requirement to charge both GST and PST on shipping (e.g., for Saskatchewan orders)
  • They want to show separate GST and PST/RST/QST line items for shipping costs on customer invoices
  • They’re not experienced with coding and need detailed guidance

Status:
Another user is seeking clarification about whether the tax breakdown is needed only for shipping charges or also for the goods sold. The discussion remains open with no solution provided yet.

Summarized with AI on November 3. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
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Hi there,

Hoping someone can help with this. I sell books through my Shopify store across Canada. When it comes to the shipping cost (let’s say for an order going to Saskatchewan), I know that I need to charge both the GST and the PST on the shipping. And I also know that I need to clearly indicate the two tax amounts on invoices for customers.

Is there a way to adjust my invoice template so that I can break out the GST and PST/RST/QST for just the shipping charges on invoices for customers? I’m not very good at coding, so any detailed explanation would be really helpful.

Thanks!

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Hi @DF88 ,

I just want to confirm again: Do you want to display the tax breakdown for shipping charges only, and not for the charges on the goods sold?