POS system for Newfoundland and Labrador businesses

Newfoundland and Labrador sales tax at a glance

Newfoundland and Labrador charges HST at 15%: 5% federal and 10% provincial. It is a single tax, filed with the Canada Revenue Agency. One rate covers most taxable sales, from a restaurant in St. John's to a shop in Corner Brook or a lodge in Labrador.

Basic groceries are zero-rated, and the province rebates the provincial part of HST on some items, such as printed books, so they are charged 5%. Check the CRA guidance for your products and confirm the current rate as of 2026 before you set up. Rates can change in a federal or provincial budget.

Setting up HST in SeroPOS

In the back office go to Settings, then Tax Rates, and add HST at 15%. Add a 0% rate for zero-rated and exempt items, and give it a clear name such as "Zero-rated". In the SeroPOS app the same list is under Admin, then Taxes, where you can set HST as the default so new products pick it up.

Because HST is a single tax, you don't need a tax group. Assign HST or 0% to each product, or fill the tax column in a spreadsheet and import the catalogue in one go. Products priced tax-in can be marked "price includes tax", and SeroPOS works the HST back out on the receipt and in reports.

• HST 15%: most taxable sales
• 0%: zero-rated groceries and exempt items
• HST rebated 5%: items that qualify for a provincial rebate

Selling when the connection drops

Outside the larger towns, internet can be patchy. The SeroPOS app saves each sale on the device first and uploads it in the background, retrying until it gets through. A sale that can't upload is parked and kept, never thrown away, and an indicator on the till shows whether it is online.

Kitchen tickets still print while offline, and receipts print from a local printer. A few screens need the internet, such as the Daily Sales Report and Recent Transactions, so check them once you are back online. Card terminals need their own connection to approve payments, so plan for that if your line is unreliable.

Interac and credit on Moneris or Global Payments

SeroPOS sends the amount straight to a Moneris or Global Payments terminal, so nobody keys the total twice. With Moneris Go you enter the merchant ID, store ID, API token and terminal ID in Moneris Pay Settings, and the till reads the terminal's own setup from Moneris, including tip prompts, Interac debit options and whether refunds are allowed.

On Global Payments you can use Global Pay Cloud, bound to each till by the terminal's device reference, or install SeroPOS on the T650P handheld and take orders and payment on one device. A tip entered on either terminal comes back to the till and prints on the receipt as Tip / Gratuity, and batch close runs from the till's terminal menu.

Already have a merchant account? Keep it if your processor is supported. If you want to compare costs, send us a recent statement and we'll quote a rate. Card processing is arranged separately from your SeroPOS plan. Tell us your monthly card volume and the terminals you use today, and we can say which setup fits your counter before you commit.

Tax reports and QuickBooks Canada

The Tax Report in the back office shows output tax on sales, input tax on purchases and tax on expenses, with an overall figure and the invoices behind each number, filtered by location and date range. The Daily Sales Report adds a tax summary for remittance, and it can be downloaded as a PDF or emailed at day end.

On the Pro plan SeroPOS sends sales, payments, customers and items to QuickBooks. QuickBooks Desktop, Canadian edition 2021 or later (Pro, Premier or Enterprise on Windows), connects through the Web Connector, and SeroPOS can build the HST tax items, groups and codes there for you, matched by rate rather than by name. QuickBooks Online for Canadian companies is supported too, with each SeroPOS rate mapped to a QuickBooks tax code.