Physiotherapy, chiropractic care, and psychotherapy are GST/HST exempt. Why isn’t massage therapy?
Physiotherapy, chiropractic care, and psychotherapy are exempt from GST/HST. Massage therapy, another regulated health profession providing therapeutic care, often in the very same clinic, is still taxed.
It’s time to change that.
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Make therapeutic massage therapy more affordable
Massage therapy is one of the most widely used therapeutic health services in Canada. Yet while physiotherapy, chiropractic care, and psychotherapy are GST/HST exempt, Registered Massage Therapy remains taxable even when it addresses similar clinical needs and is provided in the same health clinic.
The care is therapeutic. The profession is regulated. The tax treatment is the difference.
GST/HST adds 13–15% to the cost of treatment, increasing the financial burden on Canadians who rely on massage therapy to support their health and well-being.
With the federal budget being developed this fall, now is an important time to make our voices heard.
What the Canadian Massage Therapist Association is asking for
CMTA is calling on the federal government to amend Part II of Schedule V of the Excise Tax Act to recognize regulated massage therapy within the definition of “practitioner” and add qualifying massage therapy services to the list of GST/HST exempt health services.
Extending the exemption would align the tax treatment of massage therapy more closely with that of other regulated health professions and help make therapeutic care more affordable for Canadians.
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