GST/HST Holiday Tax Break 2025

ByMyles Belanger

From December 14, 2024, to February 15, 2025, the Canadian government will provide GST relief on certain items. This includes food, beverages, restaurant meals, clothing, and more. Any item fully paid for or delivered between December 14 and February 15 will be exempt from GST.

If you are a shopkeeper and purchase GST-break-qualifying items, you will also receive these products without GST tax. It means as a shopkeeper you will automatically receive the yax break.

Goverment stopped the gst/gst temporarily on qualifying products like snacks, groceries, children’s clothing, restaurant meals, drinks and holiday gifts.

On November 28, 2024, the House of Commons approved Bill C-78, called the “Tax Break for All Canadians Act,” to temporarily remove GST on qualifying items like snacks, clothing, drinks, and groceries. The main purpose is to provide relief to people.

GST/HST Break Qualifying Items

  • Food
food items gst break/holiday
  • Beverages
beverages no gst tax list

Restaurants, catering
clothing

Children’s clothing and footwear

Diapers
diapers gst tax free list

Puzzles

Jigsaw puzzles.

Video game consoles
video games

Physical books
books gst

Printed newspapers
printed

Christmas and similar decorative trees
Natural Trees, Artifical Trees. It does not inclde decarative trees.

Check the GST payment dates for 2025 and learn more about GST break products here.

Myles Belanger is a Manager and Data Analyst at GST. Myles also covers essential payment schedules in Canada.

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