Ahhhh...it's all becoming clear Stacy ;-) Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. VP & Director of E-Commerce Development Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. t. 250.920.8830 e. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--------------------------------------------------------- Macromedia Associate Partner www.macromedia.com --------------------------------------------------------- Vancouver Island ColdFusion Users Group Founder & Director www.cfug-vancouverisland.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stacy Young" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 8:53 AM Subject: RE: SOT: E-Commerce site for Canada > I live in Montreal. =P > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bryan Stevenson [mailto:bryan@;electricedgesystems.com] > Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 11:21 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: SOT: E-Commerce site for Canada > > The tax on tax is only in 1 or 2 provinces and it's the PST on top of the > GST... > > For the the love of hockey and good beer....all Americans stop guessing :-) > > Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. > VP & Director of E-Commerce Development > Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. > t. 250.920.8830 > e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------- > Macromedia Associate Partner > www.macromedia.com > --------------------------------------------------------- > Vancouver Island ColdFusion Users Group > Founder & Director > www.cfug-vancouverisland.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stacy Young" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 8:11 AM > Subject: RE: SOT: E-Commerce site for Canada > > > > You have to be careful on applying taxes...I believe it's the provincial > tax > > followed by the GST (goods and services tax). - *think* that's the right > > order. > > > > This means tax on tax. After the provincial tax is applied you then apply > > the GST on the price PLUS the first tax. In effect, the actual tax rate in > > Quebec is 15.56%. > > > > I'm also not sure as to whether that method only applies to Quebec and not > > all the provinces... > > > > Cheers, > > > > Stace > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jason Miller [mailto:millerj@;etcnj.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 2:11 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Re: SOT: E-Commerce site for Canada > > > > Matt - > > I just actually dissassembled a canada shipping/ tax piece on one of my > > clients sites I built. > > Basically here are the elements - > > 1) Broker Fee / Customs and all that - Typically a broker fee is > > involved - a percentage based fee. Includes a standard federal percetn > > fee too I believe. If not broker- then I guess jsut the federal - my > > clients used a Broker to eliminate this guessing. > > 2) Province tax - as much as 15% in Newfoundland > > 3) Exchange Rate > > 4) Your shipping rates - flat rate or carrier > > > > We applied tax pre-shipping cost - yet the broker fee I beleive needed > > to be on complete purchase. > > > > Hope this little bit helps. Feel free to email me off list if you wnat > > further details. > > jay miller > > > > P.S. THe rates i have for province are as follows ( please confirm them) > > Province ProvAbr TaxRate > > Alberta AB 7 > > British Columbia BC 14 > > Manitoba MB 14 > > New Brunswick NB 15 > > Newfoundland NF 15 > > Northwest Territories NT 7 > > Nova Scotia NS 15 > > Nunavut NT 7 > > Ontario ON 15 > > Prince Edward Island PE 7 > > Quebec PQ 16 > > Saskatchewan SK 13 > > Yukon YT 7 > > > > Matthew Fusfield wrote: > > > > >Hi, > > >We are building an e-commerce site that is specifically targeted to a > > Canadian market. Most of our work has either been US domestic or so > > international that we use a 3rd party to do the calculations. > > > > > >Anyway, anyone know of or have a quick reference to how sales taxes are > > calculated in Canada and to what they apply? (ie I believe one of the > taxes > > applies to another tax, and are shipping charges generally taxed?) We are > > having trouble getting information out of our client that is accurate in > > this area. > > > > > >Thanks, > > > > > >Matt > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting.
