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frozennorth · 07-29-2010, 02:15 PM

I live in Alberta and since we only pay the 5%GST this change doesn't really affect me personally.

But I disagree with different taxes for printed books versus ebooks. A book is a book is a book. And since audio books also qualify for the reduced rate so should ebooks. They are both an electronic format. Contacting your MLA and MP about this would definitely be the next step. Basically I think the rules and regulations just never seem to keep up with technology.

07-29-2010, 02:15 PM	#15
frozennorth Evangelist Posts: 407 Karma: 18772 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Alberta, Canada Device: Onyx Boox RIP, Sony PRS-T1, Kobo Libra	I live in Alberta and since we only pay the 5%GST this change doesn't really affect me personally. But I disagree with different taxes for printed books versus ebooks. A book is a book is a book. And since audio books also qualify for the reduced rate so should ebooks. They are both an electronic format. Contacting your MLA and MP about this would definitely be the next step. Basically I think the rules and regulations just never seem to keep up with technology.