Another 15% HST on top? :!:

[taintedcobra]

Why is it that everything I buy lately has an extra 15% HST on top?

[gman]

Why is it that everything I buy lately has an extra 15% HST on top?

What do you buy? Where are you now (assuming you are not in Ontario anymore)? Nova Scotia?

[Jon Lai]

what do you buy? Where are you now (assuming you are not in ontario anymore)? nova scotia?

:d

[Piro21]

HST is 13%. Buying from the US is 0% if you stay for the required time. Plan your trips accordingly.

[taintedcobra]

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I'd like to ammend my original statement to 5% HST on top.

I will attach a picture as proof.

[Jimboski]

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I'd like to ammend my original statement to 5% HST on top.

I will attach a picture as proof.

Why is it that everything I buy lately has an extra 15% HST on top?

wut?

[taintedcobra]

Why does this receipt have 13% HST and 5% HST at the same time?

[aqnd]

No image, lol.
But you likely had items that fall under two brackets - 5% for those special 'exempt' items that got to keep the lower tax rate, 13% for everything else.
Not 18% on any single item. (or more if compounded)

[gman]

Why does this receipt have 13% HST and 5% HST at the same time?

What receipt?

[Piro21]

Why does this receipt have 13% HST and 5% HST at the same time?

Post a picture, man. Nobody knows what the hell you're talking about.

[Jimboski]

Why does this receipt have 13% HST and 5% HST at the same time?

[Jucius Maximus]

I suspect this thread is just a troll pretending to be stupid.

[jackiechan511]

The 5% and 13% HST rates occur in food places and there is a loophole in this. In Ontario, if you spend less than $4 (this should be raised) threshold then you pay 5% HST. If you spend more than $4, then you pay 13% HST.

The loophole here is if you can split all your orders into $4 (or less increments) then you pay 5% HST only instead of 13%. Take for example

Order A: Customer spends $8 at once and pays 13% HST for a total of $9.05
Order B: Customer spends $4 on first transaction and pays 5% HST. Then same customer orders another $4 and pays 5% HST. The total here will be $8.40

I do this loophole all the time at major food establishments.

And for those who voted Liberal in '07 and '11, you have yourselves to blame for this HST fiasco.

[matdwyer]

I assume that the OP sees a receipt that has the 13% HST printed on it along with a break down of the old GST / PST % as well. Add it all up and make sure you didn't get charged twice, but I assume it is just showing you what 5% of the tax is.

[gman]

The 5% and 13% HST rates occur in food places and there is a loophole in this. In Ontario, if you spend less than $4 (this should be raised) threshold then you pay 5% HST. If you spend more than $4, then you pay 13% HST.

The loophole here is if you can split all your orders into $4 (or less increments) then you pay 5% HST only instead of 13%. Take for example

Order A: Customer spends $8 at once and pays 13% HST for a total of $9.05
Order B: Customer spends $4 on first transaction and pays 5% HST. Then same customer orders another $4 and pays 5% HST. The total here will be $8.40

I do this loophole all the time at major food establishments.

And for those who voted Liberal in '07 and '11, you have yourselves to blame for this HST fiasco.

This particular one is not what you complain about HST for because you could do exactly same thing before HST. i.e. it is indifferent regardless if HST was introduced in Ontario or not. This "loophole" had been there for decades.