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Originally Posted by HarryT
Sorry, I mean on amazon.ca. I understand the reason for amazon.com - it's because of the vast array of different tax regimes that apply at state and local levels, but that's not true in Canada, is it? As I understand it, Canada simply has a single national tax level, and a tax for each province.
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Sort of. All provinces have to pay the federal tax - GST. Most provinces have their own tax - PST. In some provinces some items, including books, are exempt from the PST (provincial tax) but not the federal tax, GST. Some provinces have what's called the HST - Harmonized tax where the two numbers are blended into one where everything, including things that were previously PST exempt, are now charged that tax rate because of the HST and therefor no longer exempt.
Confused yet?
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