Sponsors including in-house planners, or non-registered organizers including incentive houses of a foreign convention, may claim a rebate on the tax paid for the convention facilities and related convention supplies.

Sponsors convene and supply admissions to foreign conventions.

Organizers acquire the convention facility and/or supplies and organizes the foreign convention for a sponsor.

Eligible taxes are:

·         5% GST for all provinces and territories except where HST is charged.

·         13% HST for Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, and New Brunswick only.

·         7.5 % TVQ  (Sales Tax) for Quebec only in addition to the GST

A foreign convention is where:

• it is reasonably expected that at least 75% of the admissions are to be supplied to non-residents of Canada when the sponsor of the convention determines the amount to be charged for the admissions; and
• the sponsor of the convention is an organization whose head office is situated outside Canada or, if the organization has no head office, the member or majority of members having management and control of the organization is or are non-residents.

TO APPLY:  

See what is eligible related convention supplies for all foreign and domestic conventions.

Complete the “Convention” rebate application and also include:

• a convention agenda, itinerary or event program;
• copies of invoices or receipts showing the GST/HST/TVQ paid;
• complete hotel folios (the complete hotel bill including any and all subsequent folios).

Downloading Application Form

The Canadian Tax Refund Application is in a .pdf format. You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader to download this file. If you do not have it you can download if for free from Adobe.

If you have trouble downloading the application form, please contact us and we will mail you an application.

Download Application Form here: