Taxes charged on an exempt item
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on 03-21-2020 08:35 PM
I recently purchased 3 coins (coins originating from the Royal Canadian Mint that were tax exempt) from 3 different sellers, all residing in Alberta. I did a lot of searching before I bought and most ads stated that these coins were tax exempt. The last coin I purchased, the seller charged me taxes (the other 2 sellers did not). Is this just a 'too bad, it sucks to be me' for not being more careful, or the seller's ads are all set up to charge tax on all his items? I am not going to make a big thing out of this, I already paid and want the coin, but if there was a chance of getting the tax refunded, that would be nice. I did send the seller a friendly question about it.
Everyone - please stay safe and away from others during covid-19, which is going to last for months. Good luck to all.
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coins refined to a minimum purity of 99.50% for gold and 99.9% for silver are exempt from GST/HST.
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Some sellers do not charge GST/HST because they are not required to be registered (selling less than $30000/year) and some sellers eat the tax cost for Canadian sales.
You also see this happening with stamp sales.
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