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GST/HST back-out calculator
When your Etsy prices include tax, each sale total has GST/HST inside it. Enter a sale and where it shipped to see the tax portion you'll remit, and what's left before tax.
- HST at 13%
- $13.00
- Before tax
- $100.00
How this was worked out: $113.00 × 13 ÷ 113 = $13.00, rounded to the nearest cent. That's the tax formula amount × rate ÷ (1 + rate). Don't just take 13% of the total: that overstates the tax.
Why not just take 13% of the total?
Because the total already includes the tax. 13% of $113.00 is $14.69, but the HST inside $113.00 is $13.00. The right formula is amount × rate ÷ (1 + rate): $113.00 × 0.13 ÷ 1.13 = $13.00.
Which rate to use
Use the rate for the province the order was shipped to, not the province you live in. Orders shipped outside Canada are generally zero-rated, so there's no GST/HST to back out.
Orders where Etsy already collected the tax
If Etsy charged GST/HST at checkout on an order, for example before your GST/HST number was on your Etsy account, Etsy sends that tax to the CRA. Don't include it in what you remit as well. Paying it twice is a common mistake.
About rounding
Each tax amount is rounded to the nearest cent. Totals worked out a different way, such as from monthly totals instead of single orders, can differ by a cent or two.
Going the other way, from a price before tax? Use the tax-included price calculator.
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