odspfireside Re: How will the HST affect us?
Feb 1st, 2010 | By Collective | Category: Campaigns (incl.) Grassroots, Health, Life
> Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:41:04 -0500
> To: odspfireside@googlegroups.com
> From: a.novotny@gmail.com
> Subject: Re: [odspfireside: 25680 ] Re: How will the HST affect us?
>
> > As for an extra $260 per year via rebates,
>
> Doing a bit of math, with GST at $0.05, one could purchase $5200 of
> HST taxed items before having to ‘pay’ the full 13% tax. That works
> out to $433/month, somewhat below Basic Needs. Some might say the
> $260 rebate is a gift to the poor since we have so little income to
> spend, we actually have most of the GST paid for us. Personally I’d
> rather have the 20% that the cost of food has increased locally in
> the past year.
>
> Andreas
> To: odspfireside@googlegroups.com
> From: a.novotny@gmail.com
> Subject: Re: [odspfireside: 25680 ] Re: How will the HST affect us?
>
> > As for an extra $260 per year via rebates,
>
> Doing a bit of math, with GST at $0.05, one could purchase $5200 of
> HST taxed items before having to ‘pay’ the full 13% tax. That works
> out to $433/month, somewhat below Basic Needs. Some might say the
> $260 rebate is a gift to the poor since we have so little income to
> spend, we actually have most of the GST paid for us. Personally I’d
> rather have the 20% that the cost of food has increased locally in
> the past year.
>
> Andreas
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