GST is a consumption tax, so it's whatver I spent on GST taxable goods. There is no property tax on vehicles.
Property taxes are determined by municipality. In Calgary, it's ~0.9% of the market assessed value of your property. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Heald, Tim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 6:16 AM Subject: RE: RE: Altruism (was RE: US threatens Caribbean Countries) > That 1% was your federal or provincial income tax? What about GST? Do you > have real property tax on vehicles and so forth? What about property taxes, > how much were they? > > Tim > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 4:41 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: RE: Altruism (was RE: US threatens Caribbean Countries) > > > > canada is a country where you get taxed out your ass, have a > > public welfare > > system that is entirely socialist, and makes good beer. > > Well, erm, any "public" welfare system would be, by definition, socialist... > > I don't think most Americans realize this, but Canada's public health system > doesn't cover everything health related. Dentist expenses are not covered. > Eye-related expenses are sometimes not covered (it's up to the province). > Prescription drugs are not covered. Elective cosmetic surgery is not > covered. Some operations, even if required to save your life, are not > covered. Ambulance bills are not covered. And a myriad of other things... > > Anyhoo, third-party coverage for these things are offered by a variety of > insurance companies. > > As for taxes, well, I paid under 10% of my income last year in personal > income taxes. Mind you, I live in Alberta, where we have a 10.5% flat > tax... And I socked away quite a bit of money into my RRSP, which is similar > to a 401k. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
