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Wow, you only add 6-9%? Try 13%.
But I hear you. I'm always trying to guess what the final price will be, but doing a calculation of 13% in my head never works out right, especially since I've been so trained to do 15% (one tax has recently been cut by 2%).
The only thing they're changing here in Ontario is that they're going to harmonize the taxes [the 13% is actually 8% provincial sales tax and 5% goods & services tax (federal)]. The problem is that now we'll have to pay a full 13% even on items that were previously PST-exempt (like fast food and home energy products). However, to offset this...they're apparently going to issue $1,000 cheques thrice annually to families earning under $160,000 per year. I might profit from that, actually.
Aside from that, I'd prefer a hidden tax too. I'd like to visually see the full value of an item for exchange.
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