Alberta GST calculator
Alberta is the only province without a provincial sales tax. A taxable sale there carries only the 5% federal GST, collected by the Canada Revenue Agency.
Rates checked on September 25, 2026 against the official sources listed below.
For example 1,234.56 or 1234,56
- Amount before tax
- $100.00
- GST (5%)
- $5.00
- Total
- $105.00
Rates in force
| Tax | Rate | Since | Collected by |
|---|---|---|---|
| GST (goods and services tax) | 5% | January 1, 2008 | Canada Revenue Agency |
5%, but not for every sale
GST has been 5% since January 1, 2008. What sets the rate is the place of supply: a Calgary business that ships to Halifax charges Nova Scotia's 14% HST, and one that ships to Winnipeg charges 5% GST, plus Manitoba RST if it has to collect it.
Registering
GST registration becomes mandatory past $30,000 of taxable supplies over four consecutive calendar quarters, or within a single quarter. Below that, registering voluntarily lets you recover the GST you pay on purchases.
One example, both ways
| Amount before tax | $100.00 |
|---|---|
| GST (5%) | $5.00 |
| Total | $105.00 |
| Amount before tax | $47.62 |
|---|---|
| GST (5%) | $2.38 |
| Total | $50.00 |
To remove the taxes, divide the total by 1.05, then check that the price you get plus its rounded taxes adds back up to the total.
In QuickBooks Online
In QuickBooks Online, pick Alberta under Sales Tax, Overview: QuickBooks creates the CRA agency and the GST code. If you also sell into a province with its own tax, add it through Manage sales tax, Add tax; Alberta itself never shows up in that list, since its GST is already covered.
Quick answers
Is there PST in Alberta?
No. Only the 5% GST applies to taxable sales made in Alberta.
How do I take GST out of an amount?
Divide the total by 1.05. For $50 including tax: $47.62 before tax and $2.38 of GST.
Before the return, in QuickBooks
This calculator settles one invoice at a time. If your books are in QuickBooks Online, Caribooks connects them to Claude, ChatGPT or Copilot, and its Sales tax return prompt has the assistant go over the period before you file: each sale or purchase with no tax code or a code that does not fit, the expenses whose tax is claimed back with no receipt, then the figures to enter on the return. With Autopilot, the Sales tax totals report emails you the tax collected, paid and net for each tax agency every month, quarter or year. Neither changes anything in your books.
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Sources
Every rate and rule on this page comes from the official pages below, read on September 25, 2026.