Bought 1oz .999 bullion silver coin from Canadian, I am in Can. Was charged sales tax. Okay???

[femmefan1946]

The seller should have included his PST/HST/ GST registration number on the invoice if he is registered with Revenue Canada and his provincial tax office.

Otherwise, yes, of course.

[pierrelebel · Accepted solution]

It should be tax exempt:

How will the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) affect my purchase?
Following the implementation of harmonized sales tax (HST) regimes in Ontario and British Columbia on July 1, 2010, all gold and silver products meeting the following conditions will be HST exempt:

• Minimum purity must be 99.5% for gold and platinum and 99.9% for silver;
• Products must be in bar, ingot, coin or wafer form; and
• Coins satisfying minimum purity levels must have also been issued by a government authority as legal tender.

For further information, please visit the Canada Revenue Agency's website at http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tx/bsnss/tpcs/gst-tps/menu-eng.html.

http://www.mint.ca/store/mint/customer-service/faq-1100010#shopping6

[pjcdn2005]

I'm curious Pierre, before the HST, did Ontario residents have to pay PST on bullion?

[pierrelebel]

I do not think so.

The only time I purchased gold coins was outside the country.