XPost: nf.general 
 From: shall1@canada.com 
  
 Steve Hall  wrote: 
  
 >"Terry"  wrote: 
 >>The sales stub reads  "ONLY DEALS #95 Ropewalk Lane. 06-22-05." Since I 
 >>happened, unusually, to have a five dollar bill I paid cash for the $2.99 
 >>item, for a total, incl. HST of $3.44. 
 >> 
 >>But if I HAD used my debit card it would have been, I presume, $2.99 + 0.25 
 >>= $3.24 + HST = $3.73? 
 > 
 >This is a very good question that I hadn't thought of.  Does the 
 >government charge GST/PST/HST on bank fees?  It doesn't appear as a 
 >line item on my bank statement but it could be included in the cost. 
 >Does anyone know for sure? 
  
 I did some checking and it seems like bank fees are exempt from 
 GST/PST/HST (with some rare exceptions like safe deposit box fees). 
 So if you had been charged tax on the 25 cent fee you could file a 
 complaint with Revenue Canada. 
  
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