It’s not often that you get the HST thrown in your face … but today I have decided to upgrade from Quicken Cash Manager 2009 to Quicken Turbotax Suite 2011, which provides the latest Quicken Home and Business plus Quicken Turbotax at a savings of about 70 bucks for them both. And since I need them both, I actually consider this a decent deal … YMMV of course.
But when I went to actually complete the purchase online, the default was set to Alberta, which makes sense as it is first in the alphabet. However, Alberta is one of the last holdouts to retain the separated GST and PST. And why does this matter? Because the HST charges this extra tax on every-fucking-thing I buy.
Not that I am bitter …
This is what I saw when I clicked through to the cart:
And then I switched to Ontario:
Now … that’s not a lot of money … 9 extra dollars … but it’s on a small sale of a hundred and ten bucks! Imagine had I purchased a service that was worth something … like lawyer’s fees at 350 an hour … they come under HST now too!
While I am at it … let’s see who pays what …
| Alberta | 115.49 |
| Northwest Territories | 115.49 |
| Nunavut | 115.49 |
| Yukon | 115.49 |
| Saskatchewan | 120.99 |
| British Columbia | 123.19 |
| Manitoba | 123.19 |
| New Brunswick | 124.29 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 124.29 |
| Ontario | 124.29 |
| Quebec | 125.31 |
| Nova Scotia | 126.49 |
| Prince Edward Island | 127.04 |
Aaaahhhhh … salvation. We’re only tied for fourth highest taxes in the country. Well that’s much better then :-)
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