Saskatchewan - Understanding Tax Collection

In this article

• If you’ve been collecting tax in Saskatchewan
• Additional tax obligations 
• Complete your Tax Settings
• How PST affects your payouts
• If you or your event is tax-exempt

If you’ve been collecting tax in Saskatchewan

Eventbrite is now responsible to collect and remit Provincial Sales Tax on ticket sales. You will no longer be able to collect this tax in Saskatchewan. Learn more about tax on ticket sales

Additional tax obligations 

You are responsible for understanding any additional tax obligations, such as CA Federal GST/HST. Please consult your local tax authority or advisor to determine if you need to complete your tax settings and collect taxes in addition to Saskatchewan’s Provincial Sales Tax.

Complete your Tax Settings

Log in to Eventbrite and go to Events . Then, select your event. Go to Tax (under Payments & Tax) and choose from the following options:

• Are you one of the following organizations: government, non-profit organization, charity, municipality, school authority, hospital authority, public college or university? If you select “No”, Eventbrite will collect and remit Provincial Sales Tax in Saskatchewan. If you select “Yes”, proceed to the next question.
• Do you qualify for any exemption under the Saskatchewan Provincial Sales Tax Act? If you select “No”, Eventbrite will collect and remit Provincial Sales Tax in Saskatchewan. If you select “Yes”, we will not calculate, collect, or remit provincial sales tax on the sales from this event. See below for details on if your event is tax-exempt for Provincial Sales Tax Collection in Saskatchewan.
• Tax Options - Do you need to charge tax for this event? You may be required by Federal or local regulations to charge tax beyond Saskatchewan Provincial Sales Tax collected by Eventbrite. If so, complete your tax settings.

How PST affects your payouts

Based on the option you select in your tax settings, collected PST may impact your payout.

If Eventbrite is required to collect and remit PST and you also collect tax via tax options: You can choose to absorb all taxes or pass all taxes on to your attendees. You cannot choose to absorb one tax and pass on the other tax. 

• Pass tax on: PST and tax options are automatically paid by your attendees. Your payout will not be impacted.
• Absorb tax: PST and tax options are not charged to attendees. If you choose to absorb tax, the PST and tax options won’t be paid by your attendee and will reduce your payout.

If you or your event is tax-exempt

When you set up your event, you’ll have to answer a couple of brief questions in Tax Settings. Tax won’t be charged to you or the attendee if you’re an exempted government, non-profit organization, charity, municipality, school authority, hospital authority, public college or university, and if you are tax exempt under one of the Saskatchewan exemptions listed below. 

NOTE: Eventbrite may request supporting documents to verify your answer(s). You’re responsible for providing supporting documents when requested.

Performance, athletic or competitive event

• 90% or more of the performers, athletes, or competitors are not paid directly or indirectly for their participation other than by government and municipal grants, and reasonable amounts as gifts, prizes, or compensation for travel or other incidental costs; 
• The admissions are not specifically advertised as featuring paid participants who are so remunerated; 
• The admission is not for a competitive event in which cash prizes are awarded and in which any competitor is a professional participant in any competitive event.

Place of amusement at which the principal activity is the placing of bets or the playing or games of chance

• Volunteers run the event and take the bets; and
• For bingo or casino events, the games are not held in a commercial hall or temporary structure (such as a bingo tent put up on a fair ground) used primarily for gambling activities.

Place of amusement including museums, recreational complexes and theatres

• The maximum admission price is $1 or less.

Fundraising dinner, ball, concert, show or similar any other fundraising event

• It is permitted to issue donation receipts for income tax purposes for part of the admission price or could issue a donation receipt if the recipient of the supply were an individual (the exemption does not require an issuance of a donation receipt).

Admission sold in the course of a fund-raising activity

• You do not sell the admission, or your clients are not entitled to receive the admissions, on a regular or continuous basis throughout the year or a significant part of the year.

Extra-curricular activity for students

• The event is organized primarily for elementary or secondary school students.