alwaysfishn
Member
"Maybe this is why the anti-HST crowd is voting against the HST..... they don't own a calculator!!"
My point is, that with a 12% GST/PST, i still only pay 7% tax on a 20,000 truck. You cant argue that, it is FACT.
"Isn't there something in the forum rules against promoting illegal activities? "
I wasn't promoting any illegal activities at all. Just merely making a point, but I guess you pro-HST guys don't like that argument. My guess is because 1- its true and you know it, and 2 - there is no defense to that, so you would rather not have it posted.
I find it kind of amusing that as soon as valid, real life points are brought up, you have nothing except for "HST is good for us."
How about this...... I am going to sell you my boat. It's worth $5000 dollars, not a penny more. I would like you to buy it off me for $5700, because if you did, that would be good for me! Does that make any sense? Why would you go for that?
That's my point. Why would I vote for HST, its the same thing.
Under the PST system you got a 5% GST break only if you bought the vehicle privately. If you bought the vehicle from any business you had to pay both PST and GST on the purchase.
In my opinion that system was totally unfair! Why should you get a tax advantage over someone that buys their used vehicle from a legitimate business. Technically the person selling you that vehicle privately was required to pay the full taxes (called self-declaration of taxes), but of course that was impossible to enforce. The HST closes that loop hole and that is the fair thing to do. Under the 10% HST instead of paying 7% you will pay 10%, just like everybody else.
As far as selling me your boat, I don't understand what your point is.