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Originally Posted by llcj
This probably varies by location but in Canada, when a rebate is involved, tax is paid on the full price and not on the price after the rebate. I'm assuming the price matching scheme is considered a rebate and not a sale. I'm not sure why this is so but it has been my experience in the past.
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The problem is that they are giving it as a store credit and a store credit is treated as a payment method. As with any payment method the store credit is subtracted from the total due - after tax is added to the price of the book. So when the credit is used you are paying taxes again.
If it's supposed to be a rebate with no refund of the tax paid it doesn't make sense for anyone who pays tax to use it, and Kobo should state exactly how it's supposed to work. But this is Kobo we are talking about.