Wenmar Pro calculates Canadian sales tax for you. It knows the rates for every province and applies them automatically to your work orders — so you don’t have to look up HST, GST, PST, or QST rates or do the math by hand.
💡 You’ll need
- Your shop’s province set in Settings → Business Profile
How Tax Is Calculated
Tax rates are determined by your shop location’s province and follow CRA guidelines. Wenmar Pro applies the correct rate automatically:
- Ontario — 13% HST
- BC — 5% GST + 7% PST (labor and sublet are PST-exempt)
- Quebec — 5% GST + 9.975% QST
- Alberta, Yukon, NWT, Nunavut — 5% GST
- Saskatchewan — 5% GST + 6% PST
- Manitoba — 5% GST + 7% RST
- New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, PEI, Newfoundland — 15% HST
You can see your shop’s exact rates in Settings → Business Profile → Tax Breakdown. This is read-only — the rates come from your province, so you don’t set them yourself.
Setting Your Province
Go to Settings → Business Profile, set your Province / State, and click Save. If no province is set, Wenmar Pro defaults to 5% GST and shows a warning.
How Tax Appears on a Work Order
Each service on a work order has Labor Tax and Parts Tax toggles. New services inherit your shop’s defaults. The work order totals show Labor Tax and Parts Tax separately, plus a combined Tax row labeled with your province’s rate (like “HST (13%)”).
Handling Tax-Exempt Customers
Some customers (like resellers or certain organizations) are tax-exempt.
Step 1: Mark the customer tax-exempt
Open the customer and turn on Tax exempt customer. Enter their Certificate / Registration # (this is required).
Step 2: Confirm on the work order
When a tax-exempt customer is on a work order, new services automatically have tax turned off. You can check the Tax exempt number on the work order’s customer card.
Fixing a Wrong Tax Amount
- Per service — Open the service and toggle Labor Tax or Parts Tax on or off.
- Per line item — For a part, fee, or sublet, toggle Taxable on or off.
- Per province — In Settings → Core Tax Rules, you can control whether core charges and core credits are taxed for each province.
Wenmar Pro recalculates tax automatically whenever a work order’s line items change.
Tips
- Set your province first — Everything else follows from it.
- Add your GST/HST number — Enter it in Settings → Business Profile → GST/HST # so it’s on your records.
- Check tax-exempt customers — Make sure the certificate number is on file, or tax will be charged.
Related Topics
- Account & Billing — Managing your subscription
- Collecting Payments — Taking payment on a work order
Questions? Contact us at help@wenmarpro.com