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To clarify: The 5% tax is something we pay on everything at retail here in Canada and is charged without regard to the country of origin or if we bought it here or abroad.. e.g If I buy an 8-inch Celestron from a US retailer the Canadian dollar value of the scope has the 5% added to it. If I bought the same telescope at a Canadian retailer I would pay the exact same 5% tax on the value of the scope. It's a sales tax or VAT and has nothing to do with treating certain foreign countries differently than others. An absolute red herring in this discussion.Originally Posted by Richard Davis
Your gov't right now charges a 4% tariff on ALL US goods going into Canada, and then your gov't also charges a 5% Value added Tax (VAT) on all those same goods when you buy them.
So then you claim that there is no fault on YOUR part. Well maybe you shouldn't charge OUR producers of products that enter YOUR country a nickel extra and practice TOTALLY FREE trade rather than punishing OUR businesses?
So you've got a 9% tax on all goods coming from the US that your gov't collects on US goods. So you are killing yourself and you are making it difficult for YOUR consumers who charge that extra 5% VAT tax that YOU charge even though YOU didn't produce those goods. Why are YOU charging a VAT tax tariff on US goods entering YOUR country?
Maybe you should point the finger at your gov't first, and then realize that the 25% tariff threat is a negotiating tool that Trump has used before.
It may not end up being anywhere near 25% if he does impose tariffs. Nobody knows yet.
Perhaps you should complain to your liberal gov't leaders who can't get enough of YOUR money in taxes, and complain to them that your child/man leader is a tax and spend liberal who is hell bent on acting as a totalitarian in YOUR nation.
What do you think of that Idea?
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To be perfectly fair, the 5% tax in Canada is Federal, called the Goods and Services tax. Each province then adds its own tax (Ontario is 8%) so my total sales tax on pretty much everything is 13 %. But this isn't a tariff in the sense that Trump is planning to impose.Originally Posted by Maurice ClarkHi Dave,
On top of that, dickie conveniently ignores the fact that most states and counties in the US have a sales tax on almost everything. Almost all of them far higher than 5%. For example, Colorado has an average 7.8% sales tax. But of course, why ruin a good argument by pointing out a few facts.
Maurice
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You have not proven at all that there is a blanket 4% tariff on US goods entering Canada which is what I specifically asked for. To pull a page from your playbook I'm asking you again for direct proof that this 4% Tariff exists at this time.Originally Posted by Richard Davis
Not only was Canada placing a 4% tariff on US goods, back in May of 2018, your gov't placed 25% tariffs on US goods.
https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/programs/international-trade-finance-policy/measures-steel-aluminum-businesses/countermeasures-response-unjustified-tariffs-canadian-steel-aluminum-products.html
Now that report comes directly from YOUR gov't. Did you want to dispute it or even comment on it?
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Every trade item that enters Canada from the USA only? This 4% fee, which you have yet to provide a citation for, in order to be a tariff would have to be only on US goods. If the 4% is on every item from everywhere then it isn't a tariff, is it.Originally Posted by Richard Davis
Or did both you and Trump think Canada and Mexico will pay the tariff?
First of all, I don't need your little condescending remarks to me.
You have not proven at all that there is a blanket 4% tariff on US goods entering Canada which is what I specifically asked for. To pull a page from your playbook I'm asking you again for direct proof that this 4% Tariff exists at this time.
Well, since you appear economically illiterate, I'll simply ask, what the hell do you think customs charges are that EVERY trade item entering goes through when it enters your nation?
Are you this ignorant about paying customs charges? They are a tariff in case you are so woefully ignorant of how trade works, which you obviously are.
Do you need any other answers to your questions upon which I can educate you?
(And yes, those ARE my condescending remarks back in your face smartass)
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In post 5 you said, "Your gov't right now charges a 4% tariff on ALL US goods going into Canada." You made the effort to write 'all goods' in caps.Originally Posted by Richard Davis
4402.90.90 00 Wood charcoal (including shell or nut charcoal), whether or not agglomerated. - Other - Other TNE 6.5%
6801.00.00 00 Setts, curbstones and flagstones, of natural stone (except slate). - 3.5%
6802.10.90 00 Worked monumental or building stone (except slate) and articles thereof, other than goods of heading 68.01; mosaic cubes and the like, of natural stone (including slate), whether or not on a backing; artificially coloured granules, chippings and powder, of natural stone (including slate). - Tiles, cubes and similar articles, whether or not rectangular (including square), the largest face of which is capable of being enclosed in a square the side of which is less than 7 cm; artificially coloured granules, chippings and powder - Other - 8%
6802.21.00 00 Worked monumental or building stone (except slate) and articles thereof, other than goods of heading 68.01; mosaic cubes and the like, of natural stone (including slate), whether or not on a backing; artificially coloured granules, chippings and powder, of natural stone (including slate). - Other monumental or building stone and articles thereof, simply cut or sawn, with a flat or even surface: - Marble, travertine and alabaster - 3.5%
6802.91.00 00 Worked monumental or building stone (except slate) and articles thereof, other than goods of heading 68.01; mosaic cubes and the like, of natural stone (including slate), whether or not on a backing; artificially coloured granules, chippings and powder, of natural stone (including slate). - Other: - Marble, travertine and alabaster - 6%
6802.93.00 Worked monumental or building stone (except slate) and articles thereof, other than goods of heading 68.01; mosaic cubes and the like, of natural stone (including slate), whether or not on a backing; artificially coloured granules, chippings and powder, of natural stone (including slate). - Other: - Granite TNE 6.5%
6807.10.00 00 Articles of asphalt or of similar material (for example, petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch). KGM 6.5%
6808.00.00 00 Panels, boards, tiles, blocks and similar articles of vegetable fibre, of straw or of shavings, chips, particles, sawdust or other waste, of wood, agglomerated with cement, plaster or other mineral binders. MTK 4%
Do you want more examples?
