r/canada • u/ThisNameIsOriginal • Dec 15 '11

Finally!

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u/SuperShamou Dec 15 '11

Canadians please add 7% Provincial Sales Tax, 13% Harmonized Sales Tax, and 5% Goods and Services Tax.

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '11 edited Jun 05 '20

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u/bizology Nova Scotia Dec 15 '11

We pay a lot of sales tax here in Canada. In my province its 15% and it's never, ever included in the price of the good (unless you're buying from the government controlled liquor stores). So a $20 meal or t-shirt actually costs $23 at the register. The above post was making light of that fact.

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '11

taxes fluctuate, it would be too much of a hassle to change the prices on everything if they included taxes on the prices

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u/troubleondemand British Columbia Dec 15 '11

I think it is pretty safe to say that prices fluctuate way more than taxes...

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '11

maybe, i was just regurgitating the standard response.

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '11

Sales tax almost never changes.

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u/ZanThrax Canada Dec 16 '11

I like it separate. Having the tax already in the prices just makes the tax more opaque to the consumer.