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I did and I wasn't pleased. They promoted their service and quoted a $5 service fee. It seemed too good to be true. It was. The bill was over $100Cdn.
If they'd been honest and upfront in the first place, I wouldn't have bought the item OR used the service...oh, wait! *Light goes on*
 
The Tax Man Cometh

Just guessing that taxes are higher in Canada than Taxifornia, but at least in Canada there is not a requirement to put 8.3 square feet of warning labels on cutting board!! :wink:
earl
(blessed to live where I do!!)
Not necessarily, Earl.
Sales tax is different, Province to Province.
Federal (GST) is 5%
B.C. (PST) is 7%
Total of 12% but you need to do the separate calc. for each on the base amount.
There's no Income tax applied on the sale of your own home, a second home probably some, assuming you're selling for a profit; only fair as you got to write off your expenses on the property, which you can't if it's your own home.
Considering that a home in Vancouver, bought in the early 80's for under $100K is now worth probably in excess of $2M, that's a lot of tax exempt income.
 
Not necessarily, Earl.
Sales tax is different, Province to Province.
Federal (GST) is 5%
B.C. (PST) is 7%
Total of 12% but you need to do the separate calc. for each on the base amount.
There's no Income tax applied on the sale of your own home, a second home probably some, assuming you're selling for a profit; only fair as you got to write off your expenses on the property, which you can't if it's your own home.
Considering that a home in Vancouver, bought in the early 80's for under $100K is now worth probably in excess of $2M, that's a lot of tax exempt income.
That is pretty impressive appreciation in real estate values!! The photos I've seen of Vancouver are beautiful as well. We'll get out that way someday, the only desire I have to do a cruise is to Alaska, and Vancouver seems to be the best starting point.

earl
 
That is pretty impressive appreciation in real estate values!! The photos I've seen of Vancouver are beautiful as well. We'll get out that way someday, the only desire I have to do a cruise is to Alaska, and Vancouver seems to be the best starting point.

earl
Wifey and I did that this past Summer. Went on Holland America.
Get one of the cabins with a balcony; worth every penny.
I have nothing but good things to say about the service onboard, and the food was excellent.
 
Not necessarily, Earl.
Sales tax is different, Province to Province.
Federal (GST) is 5%
B.C. (PST) is 7%
Total of 12% but you need to do the separate calc. for each on the base amount.
There's no Income tax applied on the sale of your own home, a second home probably some, assuming you're selling for a profit; only fair as you got to write off your expenses on the property, which you can't if it's your own home.
Considering that a home in Vancouver, bought in the early 80's for under $100K is now worth probably in excess of $2M, that's a lot of tax exempt income.
Here in Ontario, Fed (GST) is 5%
Provincial (PST) is 8%
Total of 13% No need for separate calc. Almost all registers add 13% as one, called , wait for it, Harmonized sales tax.

When it was introduced many sleeps past, it was said it would replace the old "manufacturers tax" . Yeh, right, and here's another bridge for sale. If the same person has title to two homes one has to be deemed a principle residence, hence no sales tax when sold. The other is deemed to be a secondary residence and profit is Capital Gain. Calculated as the difference between purchase price and all accumulated costs, (maintenance, repairs, land taxes, anything else you can dream up) Take 50 % of the difference as free money and the other 50% is taxed at the going rate.
 
Stop complaining you fellow Canucks, Quebec is the highest taxed place in North America. 15% sales tax the gas is also at least 10 cents more except for B.C. which is about the same. Income tax is ridiculous at about 30%, wait ! why do I still live here ?, oh yeah, my wife won't even consider elsewhere.
 
Stop complaining you fellow Canucks, Quebec is the highest taxed place in North America. 15% sales tax the gas is also at least 10 cents more except for B.C. which is about the same. Income tax is ridiculous at about 30%, wait ! why do I still live here ?, oh yeah, my wife won't even consider elsewhere.
Your wife might have an excuse in that she may not know any better. You don't. You've been out here.
 
Stop complaining you fellow Canucks, Quebec is the highest taxed place in North America. 15% sales tax the gas is also at least 10 cents more except for B.C. which is about the same. Income tax is ridiculous at about 30%, wait ! why do I still live here ?, oh yeah, my wife won't even consider elsewhere.
Ahh! but you also have that beautiful language. We have friends in St. Lazare and it's amazing to listen to them. They're Swiss/French/ German and when she's going on in French and switches to us mid sentence to English while he's using German to emphasize something to the kids it gets confusing. Me, I'm unilingual. My kids are fluent in French and English with passable Spanish. They lived the French Immersion route in school from grade four on. Oh, by the way, I filled up yesterday for $1.09 at a Pioneer station. Whenever I'm down Brantford way I get it from the natives on the reserve for less than that. Not too bad, eh!
 
"Whenever I'm down Brantford way I get it from the natives on the reserve for less than that. Not too bad, eh!"
Not scalped then? ;)

You could have knocked me over with a feather; I just ordered a corebox bit, Freud, from my local lumberyard...I'll pick it up in the morning (maybe $3 in gas).
It was cheaper than anything I found online, Canadian sources of course. No waiting and no shipping cost, other than my gas I mean. There must be a catch...
 
Awhile back I decided to check shipping costs on something I made, a cane I think, from here to the west coast. Can't recall just what the post office would have charged, but quite reasonable, something over $10 I believe. Then checked with the local UPS office. The only quote they gave me even remotely close to the post office quote was if they delivered it in my town. Dosn't sound realistic, but that's what they said.
 
Not sure if this would make a difference in Canada, however, I have been buying online from HD, WalMart but having delivery at local stores. No shipping charges that way. I started doing this as a price check and was surprised to discover their prices are sometimes lower, and delivery, returns are easy, just a mile away. Canadians near the border could drive across for some of these items. I'm curious to know if it would help. Living in Taxafornia, I've become sympathetic to those living in other socialist areas.
 
Tom; I wonder if we can order something Stateside and have it delivered to a Cdn. branch of HD?! Never even occurred to me!
We can order some Rockler stuff at Lee Valley, up here, and they'll bring it in. No idea what kind of surcharges apply.
 
HD has a pretty extensive on-line site as does Walmart. I've ordered from both. Unless it's a surcharge for special shipping, as in large or heavy, then the item is listed in our dollars and stated shipping charges from my experience. I've seen items on the US website for Walmart that weren't on the Canadian site so make sure you are on the .ca version.
 
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HD has a pretty extensive on-line site as does Walmart. I've ordered from both. Unless it's a surcharge for special shipping, as in large or heavy, then the item is listed in our dollars and stated shipping charges from my experience. I've seen items on the US website for Walmart that weren't on the Canadian site so make sure you are on the .ca version.
Maybe Rick would know he is the Major stockholder in HD.:grin::grin:
Herb
 
Yes, But...

HD has a pretty extensive on-line site as does Walmart. I've ordered from both. Unless it's a surcharge for special shipping, as in large or heavy, then the item is listed in our dollars and stated shipping charges from my experience. I've seen items on the US website for Walmart that weren't on the Canadian site so make sure you are on the .ca version.
I think what Tom and I were getting at is, can you walk into a Cdn. HD branch(bricks and mortar) and order something that has to come from HD in the States? If you can, what will be the upcharges?
 
I think you would have to order it from the dot com site and you would pay the extra shipping in those cases.
 
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