At 2:49 PM -0500 2001/10/5, Michael Hackett wrote:
>On 2001-10-04 12:31, James Sedgwick wrote:
>
>>  Sure, but what is the point of having a harmonized sales tax if the
>>  rules vary by product?
>>
>>  I lived for a year in NS so I know it is different, but the logic of
>>  this eludes me.
>
>Since when does logic have anything to do with tax laws? :-)

Silly me, I thought the harmonized part of HST meant they were 
harmonized, I should have known better.

>   But is that
>not the same as in Ontario: books are PST exempt?

Don't know as I don't buy books, i support my local library.

p.s. On-tair-e-air-e-oh also doesn't have a HST, PST and GST are 
calculated and reported separately and each has its own set of rules 
which precludes a HST, or based on what you say about the HST in NS, 
maybe it doesn't :-)

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