Shaw still charging 6% GST

[Dan02]

Just looked at my account history on Shaw and noticed they have continued to charge the 6% GST on my account for this month rather then the 5% the GST has been dropped to.

Anyone else notice the same on their bill?

[MelBridgeman]

What about car payments? I get charged 6% on my monthly payment....does that change to 5% or because i bought it prior to the change i still get charged the 6%?

[CaptainCrunch]

They actually called me about that and let me know that there would be a 31 cent credit on my account.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by MelBridgeman

What about car payments? I get charged 6% on my monthly payment....does that change to 5% or because i bought it prior to the change i still get charged the 6%?

I think you get 6% since the car was financed at the pre GST drop rate.

[Dan02]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

They actually called me about that and let me know that there would be a 31 cent credit on my account.

Interesting when did they call you about it? Looked at my account history and there is no credit currently.

[fredr123]

A bit off topic but the wife and I were at Ikea to take in their 50% Off Sale where lot's of things are 50% off. There was a sign in the elevator advertising that Ikea would be charging only 5% GST starting Jan 1. The sign made it sound like a big deal.

[ken0042]

Same thing happened when we went from 7 to 6%.

The GST gets charged at invoice date; not when you receive your goods. So if you went into a store on December 27th and bought a fridge to be delivered on January 3rd, you would still have paid the 6% GST.

[TurnedTheCorner]

Hardly surprising, these adjustments to billing systems almost never go smoothly. Rest assured you will eventually get charged the right rate and credited for any discrepancy.

Originally Posted by ken0042

Same thing happened when we went from 7 to 6%.

The GST gets charged at invoice date; not when you receive your goods. So if you went into a store on December 27th and bought a fridge to be delivered on January 3rd, you would still have paid the 6% GST.

It can also work in reverse. If you performed services in December, but aren't billing for them in January, the new rate applies.

[CaptainCrunch]

They left me a message on Thursday, called them Friday.