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Thrift Stores - Taxable List

This is a list of taxable items commonly sold by thrift stores. This is not a complete list.

Items not on this list may be non taxable and may be found on our non-taxable list If the item is not on either list and you are unsure how tax applies, please contact us

A  B  C  D E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z

 A

  • Albums (e.g. photo, stamp etc.)
  • Appliances (e.g. fridges, stoves, toasters, blenders, mixers, toaster ovens, dishwashers, washers, dryers etc.) - ENERGY STARŪ Qualified residential fridges, freezers and clothes washers are non-taxable
  • Aprons - not work related
  • Art (e.g. pictures, frames)
  • Artificial flowers
  • Athletic protective gear - includes supports, hip and kidney pads, shin and thigh guards, and shoulder harnesses
  • Auto accessories and supplies

 B

  • Baby supplies and equipment (e.g. furniture, cribs, strollers, carriages, jolly jumpers, walkers, bottles and nipples, diaper pins, disposable diapers etc.)
  • Backpacks
  • Bags (e.g. paper, shopping, lunch and garbage)
  • Barbecues and starter fluids
  • Baseball caps, adult
  • Batteries
  • Beauty aids
  • Bedding and blankets - includes children's
  • Briefcases
  • Brooms and brushes

 C

  • Cabinets
  • Calculators
  • Calendars
  • Cameras and supplies
  • Canning jars, rings, lids
  • Cards (e.g. greeting, sports)
  • Carpets
  • Cash registers
  • Cassette tapes
  • CDs, blank or recorded
  • Christmas trees, artificial
  • Cigarette makers, holders, papers, tubes
  • Clamps
  • Clocks
  • Clothes pins and lines
  • Clothing* and footwear, new adult
  • Clothing* and footwear - used adult but over $100 per item
  • Collars and leashes
  • Computers, printers, scanners, accessories
  • Cords, electric
  • Cosmetic items
  • Crochet hooks
  • Curtains and rods
  • Cut flowers


    • * Clothing and footwear includes: belts, blouses, bras, dresses, coats, footwear, garters, gloves, girdles, hats, pantyhose, pajamas, shirts, skirts, socks (including without feet), sportswear (ball caps, bathing suits and caps, cleats, football boots, gym shorts and skirts, running shoes, ski boots, sweat suits, sports jerseys), stockings, suits, sweaters, ties, trousers, underwear, uniforms (school, Girl Guides and Brownies, Cubs and Boy Scouts, hockey, lacrosse, soccer, baseball etc. - not including protective padding)

 D
  • Decorations
  • Diapers - disposable and designed for use by babies and small children
  • Dishes
  • Doilies, napkins and placemats
  • Draperies

 E

  • Electrical supplies (e.g. cords, fuses, light bulbs)
  • Embroidery kits for wall hangings

 F

  • Films
  • Filters (e.g. furnace, oil, coffee)
  • Fire-starter
  • Fishing rods, bait, lures
  • Fixtures (e.g. lighting and plumbing)
  • Flashlights
  • Flowers, artificial and cut
  • Foil (e.g. aluminum wrap)
  • Furnace filters
  • Furniture, household and garden
  • Fuses

 G
  • Garden tools, equipment and furniture
  • Glassware
  • Gloves (e.g. rubber, disposable, baseball, hockey, lacrosse etc)
  • Grooming aids

 H
  • Hair care items
  • Hand tools
  • Handbags
  • Handcrafted items - excludes children's clothing
  • Handkerchiefs
  • Hanging baskets
  • Hardware
  • Hoses
  • Hot water bottles

 J
  • Jewellery

 K
  • Kitchenware, utensils
  • Knitting needles

 L
  • Lamps, light fixtures and light bulbs
  • Lunch kits

 M
  • Maps, unbound
  • Mats, rugs, carpets
  • Mirrors

 N
  • Napkins

 O
  • Ornamental plants

 P
  • Paint and paint brushes
  • Paper bags, plates, napkins, towels
  • Paper (e.g. shelf, wax, toilet and wrapping)
  • Parowax
  • Party favours
  • Pet toys, supplies and food
  • Phones and answering machines
  • Photo albums
  • Pictures and picture frames
  • Placemats
  • Planters
  • Plastic ware
  • Plates
  • Pottery
  • Power tools
  • Purses

 R
  • Record albums
  • Roller skates
  • Rope
  • Rug making kits
  • Rugs

 S
  • Scarves
  • Sewing supplies (e.g. tapes, facings, elastic, velcro, pads, buttons, zippers, dress shields, patches, iron-ons, needles, trimming, such as lace, binding, ribbon, decorative trim etc.)
  • Sewing machines
  • Shelving and hardware
  • Shoe laces
  • Skateboards
  • Skates, ice and in-line
  • Stereos and speakers
  • Sports bags
  • Stationery
  • Suitcases
  • Sunglasses
  • Swim fins and snorkels

 T
  • Tacks
  • Televisions
  • Terrariums and aquariums
  • Toys
  • Tricycles - child sized (i.e. wheels are less than 350 millimetres in diameter)

 U
  • Umbrellas
  • Unicycles
  • Upholstery and drapery material
  • Utensils

 V
  • Vases
  • VCRs and DVD players
  • Videos, blank and pre-recorded

 W
  • Watering cans
  • Wax (e.g. canning, floor)
  • Wigs

 

  
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