Salons & barbers in Canada

2026-09-12

A 50% surtax landed on US-made nail and make-up products on 8 September. Your invoice will not mention it

Your product bills are going up and nothing on them will say why. Since 8 September, bringing US-made nail products, lip and eye make-up and perfume into Canada costs an extra 50% at the border. Shampoo is not on the list. Perm solution is not on the list. It has nothing to do with whose logo is on the bottle and everything to do with where the bottle was made, which means the answer is printed in small type on the back label. This is the rare cost line you can still do something about this month, because unlike rent and wages you can change a supplier in about a week.

2026-07-30

Ontario cut your salon tax rate on 1 July, then scheduled a matching rise on the way the money reaches you

Nothing changed federally this year. The small business deduction is still 9% on your first $500,000. What changed is provincial: Ontario and Quebec both cut their share from 3.2% to 2.2%. For an incorporated salon that is worth real money, but only the part you leave in the company, because Ontario is taking the other half back in January 2027 through a route almost nobody reported.