Bill 624: The Provincial Sales Tax Amendment Act, 2026

Grocery stores, supermarkets, and food retailers across Saskatchewan are directly affected, as they will need to update their point-of-sale systems to stop collecting PST on a newly expanded list of food items sold in-store. Retailers selling children's clothing — from small boutiques to larger department stores — will also need to adjust how they categorize and tax inventory at checkout. The changes affect day-to-day cashier and inventory processes, particularly for stores that carry both taxable and now-exempt food products side by side. Businesses of all sizes are touched, but the administrative burden of reprogramming tax codes and training staff falls on every retailer regardless of how many people they employ.