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Originally Posted by Tinordi
PST's are usually different actually. The GST is a value added tax, the PST in a place like BC is not. It's a sales tax.
Value added taxes are more efficient and less distorting. Alberta could implement a sales tax although it would most-likely use an HST which would mean that the feds would collect the tax and then disburse to the province.
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Do I really care what kind of tax it is when I'm digging in my wallet to pay the $15 GST tax on a $300 item and perhaps another $15 to pay the PST?
Nope. The GST pisses me off now and a PST would most likely piss me off in the future.