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  2. Sales taxes in Canada - Wikipedia

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    There is a 5% tax on lodging and 5% tax on hotel room fees. New Brunswick: HST: 10: 15 The HST was increased two points to 10% with an overall tax of 15% on July 1, 2016. [6] Newfoundland and Labrador: HST: 10 15 The HST was increased two points to 10% with an overall tax of 15% on July 1, 2016. [7] Northwest Territories: GST: 0: 5 Nova Scotia ...

  3. Canadian contract law - Wikipedia

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    An acceptance must be an absolute and unqualified acceptance of all the terms of the offer: Sec.7(1). If there is any variation, even on an unimportant point, between the offer and the terms of its acceptance, there is no contract. An acceptance is only contractually valid if the proposal to which response is made is an offer capable of acceptance.

  4. Harmonized sales tax - Wikipedia

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    In 1996, three of the four Atlantic provinces—New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Nova Scotia—entered into an agreement with the Government of Canada to implement what was initially termed the "blended sales tax" (renamed to "harmonized sales tax") which would combine the 7% federal GST with the provincial sales taxes of those provinces; as part of this project, the PST portion ...

  5. Sales tax - Wikipedia

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    For example, sales tax in Chicago (Cook County), IL is 10.25%, consisting of 6.25% state, 1.25% city, 1.75% county and 1% regional transportation authority. Chicago also has the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority tax on food and beverage of 1% (which means eating out is taxed at 11.25%).

  6. Amazon tax - Wikipedia

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    Amazon only agreed to collect the 6.6% state sales tax, but there was no requirement to collect local sales taxes, which can bring total tax close to 10%. [16] This was an agreement between Amazon and Arizona, which mainly centered on Amazon's tax obligations because it maintains warehouses in Arizona.

  7. Low-ball - Wikipedia

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    When a seller makes a low-ball offer this means an item or service is offered at a lower price than what is needed actually for the desired profit margin to be realized. The seller makes the offer with the intent of quickly raising the price in order to increase profits and/or with the intent of selling would-be buyers additional, more ...

  8. Goods and services tax (Canada) - Wikipedia

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    On July 1, 2006, the Government of Canada reduced the tax by 1 percentage point (to 6%). [10] [11] They again lowered it to 5%, effective January 1, 2008. [12] This reduction was included in the Final 2007 Budget Implementation Bill (Bill C-28), [13] which received Royal Assent on December 14, 2007. This change has been estimated to have ...

  9. Power of acceptance - Wikipedia

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    A counter offer is an offer which concerns the same subject matter but with different terms than the original offer. If a counter-offer is made by the offeree to the offeror, then the original offer is deemed rejected, and the power of acceptance included in the original offer is terminated. [32]