[OM] Re: [ot] alternative fuels

[Wayne Harridge]

> Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
> Not exactly. Here in Aus., in Canada and in Europe it is a 'goods and  
> services tax' - we call it the GST. That means that we have a 10% tax  
> levied not only on all goods except unprocessed foods but also on any  
> service - such as paying a plumber or hairdresser. This replaced  
> federal sales taxes on goods of varying rates which could be as high  
> as 22% (as I remember) on luxury (unecessary) goods like cameras but  
> was zero on food and books and similar good 'goods'.

>From memory the sales tax on cameras prior to the introduction of GST was 
>27.5%.  Strange how I didn't notice any drop in the retail price of cameras 
>after GST replaced sales tax.

...Wayne


Wayne Harridge

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