vouchers in AB no tax?

[mimmo]

Curious if any Alberta residents could comment on their AB voucher experiences. 

I just bought two $40 vouchers at the Canmore Canadian Tire.  I was expecting to  pay only GST and save the 7% BC PST,  but  to my surprise, my credit card was only charged $40 total per transaction.

Is this normal, or an error in how CT coded the the vouchers?

Also I was able to load the vouchers on first attempt, 5 minutes after purchase.    

[mimmo]

@popping yeah i was pretty sure it was an error on CT side of things,   It was just a happy surprise, i thought was worth mentioning.  maybe check out one of your local CT and buy a 10$ voucher and see what you are charged.  

[popping]

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@computergeek541 wrote:

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@mimmo wrote:

Curious if any Alberta residents could comment on their AB voucher experiences. 

I just bought two $40 vouchers at the Canmore Canadian Tire.  I was expecting to  pay only GST and save the 7% BC PST,  but  to my surprise, my credit card was only charged $40 total per transaction.

Is this normal, or an error in how CT coded the the vouchers?

Also I was able to load the vouchers on first attempt, 5 minutes after purchase.    

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That has to be a mistake on Canadian Tire's part. It sounds as if Canadian Tire might have either pogrammed the vouchers into the sales system as either a gift card or as a non-taxable item such as basic groceries.

Could there be some type of store promotion going on for there to be a discount equal to the sale tax?

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If it is CT promo, CT will give you eCTM - not collecting GST.  It is CT error.

[popping · Accepted solution]

@mimmo 

Yes, PM autopay charges GST + 911 fee on my accounts with AB area code.

I don't know about CT.  If CT does not collect the GST, CRA will still collect GST from CT.  It is not your problem any more.

[computergeek541]

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@mimmo wrote:

Curious if any Alberta residents could comment on their AB voucher experiences. 

I just bought two $40 vouchers at the Canmore Canadian Tire.  I was expecting to  pay only GST and save the 7% BC PST,  but  to my surprise, my credit card was only charged $40 total per transaction.

Is this normal, or an error in how CT coded the the vouchers?

Also I was able to load the vouchers on first attempt, 5 minutes after purchase.    

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That has to be a mistake on Canadian Tire's part. It sounds as if Canadian Tire might have either pogrammed the vouchers into the sales system as either a gift card or as a non-taxable item such as basic groceries.

Could there be some type of store promotion going on for there to be a discount equal to the sale tax?

[gpixel]

@mimmo maybe that's why some customers complain about being taxed...? check your card transaction again in 24hrs, maybe you'll get another charge