Alberta
Smartbills takes each tax from each receipt line, claiming the GST and HST you're owed and leaving levies and PST in the expense.
The GST, and only the GST, in your claim
An Alberta receipt carries 5% GST and nothing else, until it doesn't. Smartbills reads the tax from each line. A tourism levy, B.C. PST or Saskatchewan PST stays in the expense, and HST paid in another province is claimed in full with the GST.
- GST kept per line, with the supplier's GST number
- Tourism levy recorded as part of the room cost
- Out-of-province PST expensed, HST claimed
The tourism levy stays out of the GST claim
A hotel bill in Alberta can carry the tourism levy as well as the GST: 6% of the room price since April 1, 2026, up from 4%. The levy is a cost, not a tax you claim back. Smartbills keeps it on its own line so the input tax credit covers the GST alone.
- Tourism levy booked to the cost of the stay
- Stays booked before April 1, 2026 at 4%
- GST on every line, nothing else claimed
Why teams switch
The tax is on the receipt, not the card statement.
We assume everything is 5% GST, then a Vancouver trip comes back with PST we can't claim.
Each tax is kept on its own line. Out-of-province PST is expensed and only the GST or HST goes to the claim.
Hotel bills in Banff and Canmore carry a levy on top of the GST.
The tourism levy is recorded as part of the room cost, not mixed into the input tax credit.
Our receipts are photos in a group chat until the end of the quarter.
Receipts come from the merchant and the mailbox as purchases happen, matched to the card line.
Before and after
What changes on an Alberta receipt.
Alberta has no provincial sales tax, which makes 5% of the total an easy habit. These are the receipts where that habit goes wrong.
| Capability | Card statement and photos | With Smartbills |
|---|---|---|
| GST on local purchases | 5% of the total | The tax each line was charged |
| Tourism levy on hotels | Mixed into the claim | Kept in the room cost |
| PST from a B.C. trip | Claimed by mistake | Expensed |
| Getting receipts in | Photos at month end | From the merchant or the mailbox |
Integrations
Works with the tools you already use.
Your accounting software, bank feeds and card program, with data syncing in both directions.
- QuickBooks
- Xero
- Sage
- FreshBooks
- Wave
- MYOB
- Zoho Books
- NetSuite
- SAP
- Oracle
- Dynamics 365
- Square
- Shopify
- Clover
- Toast
- Lightspeed
- WooCommerce
- Stripe
- PayPal
- Adyen
- Wise
- Plaid
- Chase
- Bank of America
- Wells Fargo
- RBC
- TD
- BMO
- Scotiabank
- Desjardins
- Brex
- Ramp
- Float
- Mercury
- Gusto
- ADP
- Deel
- Rippling
- Google Drive
- Dropbox
- OneDrive
- Box
- Gmail
- Outlook
- Google Analytics
- Snowflake
- Looker
- Databricks
- Google Cloud
- Metabase
- Slack
- Microsoft Teams
- Notion
- Zapier
- Airtable
- Salesforce
- HubSpot
The products that do the work.
Each product works on its own, and when you run two, the same record carries from the receipt to the ledger entry.
Expense management
Capture receipts, categorize expenses and check policy compliance as expenses are submitted.
Expense reports
Expense report software that attaches the receipts for you, works out mileage, routes the approval and shows each employee when they'll be paid back.
Email receipt capture
Connect Gmail, Outlook, Zoho Mail or IMAP. Automatically collect receipts and invoices from the folders you choose, including Archive and Spam.
Accounting automation
Accounting automation software that codes each transaction and posts the journal entry to your accounting software the day it happens.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What people ask us before they sign up.
Get started
See your Alberta receipts line by line.
Connect a mailbox and a company card. A month of purchases comes in with the GST on each line and out-of-province tax kept apart.