Wait till you visit Canada, then you can really shake your head about the
taxes.. you have the retail price, then you have the Provincial sales
tax --PST (up to 10% in some provinces) and on top of that you have the
Goods and Services Tax (GST) 7%
Only 4 provinces don't have PST Alberta(the richest province), NWT, Nunavut
and Yukon(the most expensive provinces because of logistics) so you only
have to pay the 7% GST
3 provinces have Harmonized Sales taxs-- HST (Quebec, NFLD, and Nova
Scotia)--15%, where the sales tax is applied to the total of the selling
price +the GST.*major ripoff--pay tax on tax!!
it sucks when you go to buy a stamp for the post price of .50c and you have
to pay .54c because of GST. or you get your haircut and you have to pay GST
and PST on it!!
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"sechumlib" wrote in message
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> carrigman wrote:
>
>> A brilliant city and a great place to visit but....
>>
>> 1. Why can't the marked prices on things include the NYC sales tax? It's
>> annoying when you
>> see something for sale for, say, 9.99 only to find you have to pay an
>> additional 8% or whatever
>> extra. In Europe the marked price is inclusive of all taxes. NYC
>> should catch up.
>
> That may be true in Europe, but I don't think it's true ANYWHERE in the
> US. Why should NYC be different in that respect from the rest of the US?
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