This is to capture additional taxes on things that would othewise be tax
free. As a photographer, you charge sales tax on only tangible results, such
as prints. If you have a service tax, then you charge taxes on your labor.
Bill Pearce
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug" <doug9345@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 7:30 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: paypal
>
> On Friday, October 24, 2008 06:24, Andrew Fildes wrote:
>> Yup - 10% tax here on all things except unprocessed food (and that
>> was a reluctant concession).
>> But what might freak the murkins is the idea of a Services Tax like
>> what the rest of us pay.
>> Sales tax only? - Luxury!
>> Andrew Fildes
>> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> What does a service tax tax? I think we may be in a terminology difference
> here. Sales tax covers a lot territory. For example If I take my car to
> the
> garage and have it repairs I pay sales tax on the whole bill.
>
> There are also a lot of hidden taxes making it hard to get a good
> accounting
> of what the government actually gets from an individual. I also think,
> that
> to be fair, health care costs have to be added into the tax pile since the
> manor in which health care gets paid for is so different from one country
> to
> the next.
>
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