As a part of the recent changes to the Environmental Handling Fee (EHF) program in Canada, a new fee has been announced that will be imposed, in the provinces of Quebec and Manitoba, on all sales of flashlights and spotlights, electronic toys, and smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, when these products are sold with batteries, effective January 1, 2018. The fee will be at a rate of $0.10 per product, and will be imposed based on the number of goods in a transaction, and is not impacted by the type or amount of batteries included. More information is available from the managing program, LightRecycle Program, here.
Manitoba And Quebec Canada To Start Imposing Battery Fee On New Goods
Erik Wallin
December 12, 2017
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Erik Wallin
Erik Wallin is a Senior Tax Counsel on the Tax Research Team at Sovos Compliance. Erik has been with Sovos Compliance since 2011, and his main areas of focus are on U.S. Transaction Tax Law which includes special expertise in the taxation of technology and the taxation mechanisms that apply throughout the Colorado home rule jurisdictions. Erik is a member of the Massachusetts Bar, has a B.A. from York College of Pennsylvania, a J.D. from New England School of Law, and an LL.M. in Taxation from Boston University.
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