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Old Sep 11, 2014 | 9:11 am
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Originally Posted by YSL5577
...$2200 and with this Federal tax at 7.5% and GST/HST (1.13%) i'm looking at addition $800 on top..
Something is wrong with the arithmetic. $2200 x .075 is $165. $2200 x .0113 is $24.86. Isn't the GST/HST rate more like 13%? $2200 x 0.13 would be $286. Either way I don't see how they would get to $800, even if they collect tax on the bonus miles.
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