Swim Ontario HST Implementation

HST Summary

In accordance with the provincial government’s plan to harmonize the GST and PST, Swim Ontario will charge Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) on all items and services that GST is currently charged on commencing July 1, 2010.

The following are some of the items subject to HST.

• The Swim Ontario portion only of the swimmer registration fee
• Club affiliation fees 
• Gold Bonus, Splash fees 
• Conference fees 
• Material orders Clubs are responsible to determine whether they should be charging HST on services and fees which they provide.

Swim Ontario has attached the following document to assist you and your financial advisors.  Swim Ontario advises all clubs to discuss with their financial advisors the best way to implement the HST specific to their club.