It is no jest, replied in a deep voice the masked figure that held the lantern. The king, more impatient than intimidated, turned to the other masked figure. The second masked person to whom the king had addressed himself was a man of huge stature and vast circumference. Louis looked all round him; but by the light of the lamp which the masked figure raised for the purpose, he could perceive nothing but the damp walls which glistened here and there with the slimy traces of the snail.
Harmonized sales tax. The harmonized sales tax (HST) is a consumption tax in Canada. It is used in provinces where both the federal goods and services tax (GST) and the regional provincial sales tax (PST) have been combined into a single value added sales tax.
The new HST rate of 15% is a combination of the 5% federal Goods and Services Tax (GST) combined with the 10% provincial portion. While the HST rate will increase by 2 percentage points, the basic features of the HST will not change.he Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) is a value added tax that combines the provincial sales tax with the federal Goods and Services Tax (GST), to create a single, federally administered HST. Most goods and services supplied in Newfoundland and Labrador are subject to the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST).