09-10-2010 at 09:24 PM
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HST charge on textbooks?
I noticed on my reciepts today that I've been charged HST twice,
one says "HST 13%" and underneath it "HST 5%"
is this something I should be concerned about or is this normal?
also, what's "prov tax"?
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09-10-2010 at 09:29 PM
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Originally Posted by ooburii
I noticed on my reciepts today that I've been charged HST twice,
one says "HST 13%" and underneath it "HST 5%"
is this something I should be concerned about or is this normal?
also, what's "prov tax"?
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I was wondering the same thing
after I bought my textbooks I looked and my receipt and was like WTF
honestly they are raping too much money from us |
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09-10-2010 at 09:30 PM
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Did you only buy textbooks? If you bought different types of merchandise, they might be taxed in different ways; some at 5%, some at 13%.
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09-10-2010 at 09:32 PM
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Originally Posted by kristopherk
Did you only buy textbooks? If you bought different types of merchandise, they might all be taxed in different ways; some at 5%, some at 13%.
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I bought textbooks, custom courseware and lab notebooks. |
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09-10-2010 at 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted by cjdzl
I was wondering the same thing
after I bought my textbooks I looked and my receipt and was like WTF
honestly they are raping too much money from us
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yeah I know what you mean x\ I feel like I don't know where my money is going to anymore. |
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09-10-2010 at 09:35 PM
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I'm not sure about what exactly gets taxed, but if you look on your reciept next to the individual items it should indicate which items were taxed. You can also look at the total amount of tax you recieved under the 13% and 5% and figure it out that way.
Used textbooks are NOT taxed, though  |
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09-10-2010 at 09:38 PM
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Ohh, I see.
I figured out that yeah, some of the material was taxed at only 5% and others were taxed at 13%, so it makes sense now thanks~ |
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09-10-2010 at 09:39 PM
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Originally Posted by ooburii
Ohh, I see.
I figured out that yeah, some of the material was taxed at only 5% and others were taxed at 13%, so it makes sense now thanks~ |
Just out of curiosity, what items were taxed at each percentage? |
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09-10-2010 at 10:32 PM
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Originally Posted by nerual
Just out of curiosity, what items were taxed at each percentage?
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I'm not sure, I can't seem to figure that out from the reciept, but I figure that the chemistry 1A03 textbook and lab book were charged at 5%, and the math 1LS3 custom courseware was charged at 13%. |
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09-11-2010 at 12:57 AM
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If you want the nitty gritty details of what gets charged HST at 13% and what gets rebated the 8% provincial portion (as far as books go) you can check out the CRA info sheet here:
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/gi/gi-065/gi-065-e.pdf
In short here's what you should have been charged:
textbook: definitely 5%
lab book: 5% if its instructional and isn't primarily for writing in, 13% if its a blank one you write in
courseware: depends on the material in the courseware, if its a reprint of magazine and newspaper articles, then definitely 13%, but if its an out of print textbook then maybe only 5%. Some types of courseware seem to fall through the cracks in the CRA info sheet so I'm really not sure on this one. |
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