Littleprince

every one can start to wear Children's-sized clothing and footwear.
myversa 發表於 2009-7-23 13:57

你錯了﹐好多細路好大隻架。。。我有個女性朋友﹐係白種人黎﹐她就是買親任何衫﹐都話買比自己個女﹐話個女同自己一樣 SIZE

tofu

i am confused about the rebate.  is it we will get rebate on the items that don't require to pay pst now.  how about at the custom, do they charge hst + duty for out of province residents as well.

Lik

http://www.vancouversun.com/busi ... /1821999/story.html

What gets taxed: PST-exempt goods and services to be subject to B.C.’s harmonized sales tax

Vancouver Sun
July 23, 2009

The following goods and services are currently exempt from provincial sales tax (PST), but will be subject to the full 12-per-cent harmonized sales tax when it is implemented next July. With the new HST, businesses will be able to recover the PST portion of the tax they currently pay, rather than passing it on to consumers as part of the price of these items. Theoretically, that should mean that prices for these goods will come down by seven per cent as they become subject to the full tax.

GOODS

• Residential fuels (electricity, natural gas) and heating.
• Basic cable TV and residential phones.
• All food products (only basic groceries will remain exempt under new tax).
• Non-prescription medication.
• Vitamins and dietary supplements.
• Bicycles.
• School supplies (books will continue to be exempt).
• Magazines and newspapers.
• Work-related safety equipment.
• Safety helmets, life jackets, first-aid kits.
• Smoke detectors and fire extinguishers.
• Energy conservation equipment (e.g., insulation, solar power equipment).

SERVICES

• Personal services such as hair care.
• Dry cleaning.
• Repair services for household appliances.
• Household maintenance such as renovations and painting.
• Real estate fees.
• Membership fees for health clubs.
• Movie and theatre tickets.
• Funeral services.
• Professional services such as accounting and home care.
• Airline fares within Canada.

elan7e

新民主黨敗家
自由黨 搶錢

那麽我應該選邊一個黨？

fm9610

33# Lik

I thought we are not the first province to implement this harmonized tax? We are just following Toronto's example which they call single sales tax (like almost everything else!).

I am not against the tax, just feel bad when because the mplementation has not gone through a democratic vote.

kingsway

33# Lik

I thought we are not the first province to implement this harmonized tax? We are just following Toronto's example which they call single sales tax (like almost everything else!).

I am  ...
fm9610 發表於 2009-7-23 23:09

Me too.. I am very mad that how this BC primer can always come out with change of policies without asking public consent and vote first.

Crazy world...  I wonder that why we have so less parties to vote for in BC..

masterbear

make things complicated again and again and bring someone making tons of $$$

mcs889

yeah its all because the olympic

Lik

The Atlantic provinces have long had HST, and it looks like Ontario and BC are doing this together now.

I am not against the principles of the HST, and I certainly see how it can simplify matters for businesses. The problem is, improvements in business efficiency cannot be had at the expense of the poor and those who are in need. That is simply not right.

In the absence of public outrage and pressure, the Liberal government will likely just let the scheme run its own natural course, meaning that the poor will suffer the heaviest blow as a result of an effective 7% sales tax increase. With enough public backlash, I suspect the Liberal government will roll out some sort of rip off scheme where tax payers will be asked to retain copies of all their sales receipts and re-claim some of this sales tax back from the provincial government when filing their annual income taxes. Naturally, this will be administrative nightmare, and the Liberal government knows that

1) a large number of people, especially the poor and under-privileged, will not bother to do this, therefore further marginalizing themselves
2) those who do keep track will likely miss out on a least a port of the receipts, meaning that the provincial government will still not need to remit a sizable portion of these tax dollars back into the pockets of BC residents

As Elan was saying, NDP is useless and the Liberals are greedy. Which of these two apples is less rotten?

-Lik

CWong

34# elan7e


敗咗佢好过益啲商家有錢佬同愛金省長！