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SAAS INFRASTRUCTURE & PAYMENTS
Every Canadian province and territory needs a rate in your WooCommerce tax table if you're registered for GST/HST - but provincial taxes are separate registrations. The full rate table, the settings, a CSV you can import, shipping by province, and five test checkouts.
Pratik · 17 min read · October 27, 2026
SAAS INFRASTRUCTURE & PAYMENTS
Quebec charges GST 5% and QST 9.975% on the same price - 14.975% in total. A WooCommerce QST row marked Compound charges 15.47% instead. How to check your rows, fix them, and test the result.
Pratik · 8 min read · October 13, 2026
SAAS INFRASTRUCTURE & PAYMENTS
Aelia EU VAT Assistant was retired in June 2022 and still gets only compatibility updates. What it did, what replaces each feature, and how to switch on a staging copy.
Pratik · 16 min read · October 8, 2026
SAAS INFRASTRUCTURE & PAYMENTS
Nova Scotia HST dropped from 15% to 14% on 1 April 2025. WooCommerce's manual tax rates never update on their own, so stores that haven't edited the row still charge 15%. How to check and fix it.
Pratik · 7 min read · September 29, 2026
SAAS INFRASTRUCTURE & PAYMENTS
Most Shopify merchants don't need Stripe. But if you're running subscriptions, marketplace payouts, B2B billing, or Stripe Connect, the decision gets technical fast — and the wrong call costs real money.
Pratik · 14 min read · June 26, 2026
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