Windsor businesses prepared for tax break [Video]

Businesses in Windsor are entering a period of uncertainty as the holiday tax break goes into effect on Dec. 14.

The federal government announced a two-month pause of the federal goods and services tax (GST) for a slew of items to provide relief for consumers.

In Ontario, where the provincial and federal sales taxes are lumped together into a harmonized sales tax (HST), the HST will be temporarily removed.

At the Whiskeyjack Boutique in Windsor, co-owner Allison Mistakidis said the tax break comes at an already busy time of year.

Mistakidis learned about so-called tax “holiday” from social media rather than a government source.

“First reaction was, what does this mean for our store? Because some products fall in that category, some do not,” Mistakidis said.

“So, it was an initial scary moment because we didn’t know how we would figure that out.”

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