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Most families who grow their own produce in their backyard gardens have already purchased the plants they need for the year, but post HST you will be taxed an additional 7% for food producing plants and trees – items that are currently subject to only 5% GST. Typical ornamental household plants are already taxed with both 7% PST and 5% GST, so the 12% HST you will pay when you purchase a bouquet of flowers is nothing new. But broccoli plants, tomato plants, apples trees and cherry trees all experience a 7% tax hike after July 1st.
The question remains whether the companies who sell these products will be able to reduce their prices by at least 7% after HST is implemented because of the claimed decrease in business related taxes.
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