Look4chrisng

Both way of calculating HST could be correct, depending of the type of coupon.

Reimbursable coupons:  full HST before discount  where sellers are reimbursed the discount by manufacturers.

Non-reimbursable coupons:  Sellers are eating the discount difference, so buyers pay HST on price after the discount.

Got it?

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回復 17# 快樂牛郎


There is a lax attitude on tax compliance among Canadian, until they are in trouble with the CRA.

Americans are way more careful on taxes in general, even criminals file tax returns carefully.  Thanks for their big boss Al Capone.

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回復 22# FiChai


Fichai:  If you go to buy a new canon 5D marked II and pay with a collectible baseball card.  How do you CRA calculate HST?  

Plus you don't know how Groupon pays the vendor.  Whatever it is, the value vendor receives has to be higher than the face value of the groupon. (I reckon the vendor receives the face value of the Groupon AND some marketing services.  So $50 group on could be $55 or whatever CRA deems.

The vendors/groupon should can go to court to agree.  But not everyone wants the trouble, nor the vendor cares as HST is always wash for them anyway.

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Groupon is a charity service?
快樂牛郎 發表於 2011-12-3 07:55

    So the vendor will be reimbursed for something less the $50 out of the deal, or vendors pay an up front fee to Groupon.  Don't know where this charity thing coming from.

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回復 27# FiChai


As a business owner, how do you like CRA send you a bill for $10.08 plus interest and penalty when you are audited?  GST People are not funny, they are know to put businesses out of business.

Avalon Dairy here in vancouver was sued for back taxes for GST on Bottle deposits.  It nearly put them out of business.

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回復 30# FiChai


    then, it doesn't make sense.

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no.1, ok ok