brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton) (11/02/84)
Those confused about sales tax should remember that the tax is paid by the purchaser, NOT the seller. The seller is required to collect the tax from you and pass it on to the government, but they are not the ones paying it. (directly, anyway. They do pay for it in lost sales due to higher prices) Thus the tax applies to you when you buy out of province. The province could impose the tax on the seller, but even they are not so stupid as to want to restrict exports which bring money into the provincial economy. -- Brad Templeton, Looking Glass Software Ltd. - Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473
dave@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Sherman) (11/05/84)
Brad makes a good point. I remember being in a store in New York
a few years ago (the type of store, and the type of customers being
such that the owner might often be asked not to charge the sales tax),
and seeing a sign:
We don't CHARGE tax...
We just collect it.
Dave Sherman
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