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Budget 2025: New Reverse Charge Mechanism Targets GST/HST Carousel Fraud in Telecom Services

  • Budget 2025 proposes a reverse charge mechanism (RCM) for GST/HST on specified telecommunication services supplied to registered resellers.
  • The RCM shifts the responsibility to self-assess and report GST/HST from the supplier to the registered reseller, who can also claim input tax credits (ITCs) if eligible.
  • The RCM targets fraudulent GST/HST carousel or missing trader schemes, where fraudsters disappear without remitting collected GST/HST.
  • The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has sometimes denied ITCs to innocent parties, wrongly accusing them of involvement or knowledge of fraud.
  • A recent Tax Court decision criticized the CRA for not warning claimants about fraudulent suppliers and failing to cancel their GST/HST registrations.

Source: mcmillan.ca

Note that this post was (partially) written with the help of AI. It is always useful to review the original source material, and where needed to obtain (local) advice from a specialist.



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