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Old 04-10-2012, 12:04 PM   #502
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Originally Posted by Hockeyguy15 View Post
GST is only 5%...In the big scheme of things the additional 5% added on isn't that much of a difference.
In Alberta sure. I grew up in Ontario where GST+PST were 15% so that was where I would have learned it.

But I do recall when 10% was the standard. Now 15% seems the norm. "Only" 5% here and other couple percent there; it just feels like death by a thousand paper cuts sometimes.
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