Agent liability: agent and principal bear joint and several responsibility for tax on agent-handled supplies or receipts. Where an agent supplies or receives taxable goods on behalf of a principal, both agent and principal incur joint and several liability for the tax payable under the Goods and Services Tax legislation; transactions by an agent in a representative capacity create enforceable tax payment obligations against either or both persons.
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Agent liability: agent and principal bear joint and several responsibility for tax on agent-handled supplies or receipts.
Where an agent supplies or receives taxable goods on behalf of a principal, both agent and principal incur joint and several liability for the tax payable under the Goods and Services Tax legislation; transactions by an agent in a representative capacity create enforceable tax payment obligations against either or both persons.
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