Originally Posted by parnel
.... We consumers will never see one cent of that drop. If it was a direct tax reduction to payroll taxes it would have gone into our pockets. ....
I don't believe that will happen very much. It is the one redeeming feature of a value added tax. The tax is visible and comes on after the comparision shopping has been done. It is much better than those who wanted the GST rolled into the displayed price of goods.
For the same reason, it is better to pay cash at the airport for all of these AIF's than having it rolled into the ticket price.