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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
Lloydminster, SK is exempt from from Saskatchewan's sales tax for this very reason.
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Oh really? I had no idea. Makes sense.
I was talking with a good friend of mine a couple years ago and he wanted to abolish income tax in Alberta and replace it with a consumption tax (yes, he's Liberal and an elected one at that!). We just couldn't get around the boundary problem though. Say that tax was 10-15% (just making up numbers, I have no idea what would work), we know people would go elsewhere for major purchases. It would definitely penalise some communities more than others and the businesses in those communities. I'm not sure how you get around that. Otherwise I like the idea though.