Agency, brokerage and the HST: Insurance salesman and other Rebba ( Real Estate and Business Brokers Act) agents like Real Estate agents do not collect HST as HST collectors on services rendered; brokers do. The broker collects. The broker pays the government. The agent obtains a form confirming their business activity by email and post every year. Their earnings are only a percentage of the money earned in offerings of service to the public by the broker. The broker is charging the public the commission; not the agent. The broker is also charging the public HST. The broker pays the HST to the government on his services rendered to the public; not the agent. If you are an agent and have been paying HST to the government, verify if you have been promoted to being the actual broker of that business and if not, you are in need of a refund on the erroneous expectation that you woukd pay the HST on business activity as an agent when you are not the person with whom the member of the public is contracting for the business service. It is the Broker. Agents like Real Estate agents do not pay HST on their own behalf. The broker is the service provider to the public. They obtain a form confirming their business activity by email and post every year. Their earnings is only percentage of the money in offerings of service to the public by the broker. The broker is charging the public the commission; not the agent. The broker pays the HST on his services rendered to the public; not the agent. If you are an agent and have been paying HST to the government, verify if you have been promoted to being the actual broker of that business and if not, you are in need of a refund. Verica™ Consulting.

Agency, brokerage and the HST:  Insurance salesman and  other Rebba ( Real Estate and Business Brokers Act)  agents like Real Estate agents do not collect HST as HST collectors on services rendered; brokers do. The broker collects.  The broker pays the government.     The agent obtains a form confirming their business activity by email and post every year.  Their earnings are only a percentage of the money earned in offerings of service to the public by the broker.  The broker is charging the public the commission; not the agent. The broker is also charging the public HST.    The broker pays the HST to the government on his services rendered to the public; not the agent. If you are an agent and have been paying HST to the government, verify if you have been promoted to being the actual broker of that business and if not, you are in need of a refund on the erroneous expectation that you woukd pay the HST on business activity as an agent when you are not the person with whom the member of the public is contracting for the business service. It is the Broker.  

  Agents like Real Estate agents do not pay  HST on their own behalf.   The broker is the service provider to the public.   They obtain a form confirming their business activity by email and post every year.  Their earnings is only percentage of the money in offerings of service to the public by the broker.  The broker is charging the public the commission; not the agent.   The broker pays the HST on his services rendered to the public; not the agent. If you are an agent and have been paying HST to the government, verify if you have been promoted to being the actual broker of that business and if not, you are in need of a refund.  

Verica™ Consulting.