Last checked: 2026-09-28
Payhip’s help article “Canada Sales Tax” (last updated 30 June 2026, fetched 28 September 2026) is a different question from whether a Canadian seller must register for GST/HST. This page names that article. It does not reprint a threshold amount, a tax rate, or the contact address in the Quebec section. It is not tax, legal, or accounting advice. Recheck help.payhip.com/article/393-canada-sales-tax before you open an account or change a tax setting.
From 1 July 2026 the article says Payhip is handling sales tax in Canada on the creator’s behalf. It says Payhip has become entirely responsible for collecting and paying GST/HST and PST. Payhip describes itself as a digital platform operator in Canada, which it says shifts the obligation of collecting and paying those sales taxes from the creator to Payhip on the sale.
That collection on the buyer’s purchase does not, by itself, answer the CRA small-supplier tests for most businesses. Those tests are about whether you must register. Merchant-of-record or platform-operator collection is about who remits tax on the checkout. You still report the income in Canada. The tests use two clocks, and this page does not copy the threshold amount: GST/HST threshold for digital sellers.
The same article, still last updated 30 June 2026 when fetched 28 September 2026, says registration for QST is taking longer than expected. The introduction says a creator who is required to handle Quebec sales tax still does so for now. The Quebec section says that, for the next few weeks, an already-registered seller continues to handle Quebec sales tax. This page does not invent a later completion date, and it does not copy the contact address. Recheck the article.
If you are already registered for GST, Payhip asks you to complete a GST506 election jointly with Payhip. Payhip says that form is not submitted to the CRA; both sides keep a record that GST responsibility on those sales transferred to Payhip. The article calls Payhip a digital platform operator. It does not describe Payhip as a global merchant of record.
Payhip’s tax settings let you choose whether sales tax is added on top of the product price or included within it. That is a checkout display choice. It is not a substitute for reading the CRA tests or Payhip’s Quebec note.
KeepCAD 2026 is a dated fee map plus an offline GST/HST two-test worksheet, including this Payhip Canada-tax split. The sales page keeps one teaser. The rest of the tape is in the zip.
Source: help.payhip.com/article/393-canada-sales-tax (updated 30 June 2026, fetched 28 September 2026). Recheck it. Not tax advice.