What we charge?

[David Renaud]

Here in Quebec, Canada, we even pay tax on the tax.

$75  plus 7% federal GST = $80.25
        plus 7.5% provincial tax on the whole $80.25
(Yes, even tax on the extra $5.25 tax)
for a total of 86.27.

So governments gets $11.27 before I even get to
move it to my personnel account.

                                Cheers
                                Dave Renaud
                                RPT

pianolover@worldspy.net wrote:

> On Wed, 26 January 2000, "Brian Trout" wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi Wim,
> >
> > You wrote:
> > > I know it is against the law to talk about how much we charge...
> >
> > Is it really?  This is one of those things I'd like to know more
> > specifically about.
> >
> > Why is it against the law to talk about how much I charge?  If somebody
> > calls me on the phone and wants to know how much I charge for a piano
> > tuning, it's $65 plus tax.  That's what I charge.
>
> I have NEVER heard of charging "tax" on a tuning, which is usually ALL labor. I know that there would maybe be tax on parts, if needed, but labor? Is labor tax charged only in certain states? Of course, i am a newbie tuner/tech, so maybe I am just unaware of this matter. I know that in MOST cases, there is NO tax on labor; is piano tuning labor an exception?
>
> Terry Peterson
> "RPT in Training"
> LA, CA
>
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