A free vending machine with HIV tests, hard-reduction equipment, sexual health products and naloxone kits has been installed ...

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council may settle for a reduction in the tax rates on health & life insurance, instead of a full waiver. The GST, which now applies at 18% on gross premiums ...

as well as reducing the GST rate to 5 percent on health insurance policies with a coverage of up to Rs 5 lakh. The demand for a GST reduction on insurance has been a longstanding one, particularly ...

The 19th report of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is appropriately scathing in its criticism of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, introduced in July 2017 to simplify ...

and a GST rebate was not the biggest incentive to homebuyers waiting in the sidelines. He said the two biggest barriers to homeownership in Canada today were down payments and mortgage rates.

Australian exporters would face an effective tariff rate of 8 per cent. Excluding the GST, government sources and analysts estimate any threatened reciprocal trade restrictions for non-tariff ...

Ultimately, consumers bear the tax embedded in the final prices of goods and services. GST rates range from 0 percent to 28 percent, depending on item necessity, ensuring affordability for ...

0:38 Feds eliminating GST on new, ‘substantially renovated’ homes under $1M: Carney Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government will scrap the GST for first-time homebuyers who purchase a ...

Carney had rolled out a similar GST cut for first-time home buyers on homes sold at or under $1 million You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account.

Where federal tax brackets and rates will land next year depends whether Congress extends the 2017 tax cuts for individuals that expire at year-end. That law kept the former seven brackets ...

The total value of the luxury items she purchased was more than $23,000, and Tan knew she was supposed to pay GST on these items when she returned to Singapore. However, when she landed in ...

One of the key principles of mortgage rate movement has to do with the frequency of mortgage rate changes. Specifically, mortgage lenders prefer to update rates once per day. This is notable ...