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From: robinson@ubc-ean.CDN (Jim Robinson)
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: B.C. Provincial Sales Tax
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Date: Tue, 30-Oct-84 00:16:17 EST
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Posted: Tue Oct 30 00:16:17 1984
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Read an article a while back that claimed that any goods
bought in Alberta, where there is no provincial sales tax,
would have to have B.C. prov. sales tax paid on them ( to the B.C.
gov't ) before they could be used in B.C.

Thus, if I wanted to buy a car in *Alberta* and bring it back to
B.C. I would have to pay *B.C.* provincial sales tax on it.
And if an Alberta construction company wanted to do some work
in B.C. it would have to pay B.C. sales tax on any equipment that
was initially purchased in Alberta that was to be used in the 
B.C. job, even though this equipment would be going right back
to Alberta when the job was finished. 

It doesn't take a genius to figure out who loses in this one,
but my question is does the  B.C. gov't have the *legal* right
to impose a provincial *sales* tax on goods that were *not* sold
in B.C !?!?!?!?!   Any takers ?

( especially consider the Alberta construction company case
  where the goods are not even remaining in B.C. )

                                 J.B. Robinson