Every province except Alberta has implemented either a provincial sales tax or the Harmonized Sales Tax. The federal GST rate is 5 percent, effective January 1, 2008. The territories of Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut have no territorial sales taxes, so only the GST is collected.
HSA Rules: a number of rules and regulations are set for health savings accounts you should be aware of. A Health Savings Account or HSA is a medical savings account that is personally owned and managed by the individual.
A new self-reporting rule has gone into effect that requires health care providers to give notice to specified persons and entities when a breach of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ( HIPAA ) privacy rules occurs.1 The Department of Health and Human Services ( HHS ) issued rules on August 24 , 2009 , that took effect ...