<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Jim,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>unless the rules have changed recently, = my long time accountant checked this out for me a few years ago. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm still collecting....</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>for more info visit <A href="http://www.rev.gov.on.ca/tare/html/trierst.htm">www.rev.gov.on.ca= /tare/html/trierst.htm</A>.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Owen, near Kingston, ON</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=jim@pianoguy.com href="mailto:jim@pianoguy.com">Jim = Kinnear</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, June 23, 2004 = 4:13 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Ontario PST</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>List</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>This question is directed to members working in Ontario.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>A brief Survey.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>My new accountant informed me that , while I must participate in the Federal GST, I should not be charging PST for any = service componant of my bill. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I would charge PST if I sold them a bench, or = other 'thing', but his interpretation of the rules does not include the bulk of what = I ( we ) do . . .</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>What do you do??</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Jim Kinnear</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Collingwood</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><A href="http://www.kinnerapiano.com">www.kinnerapiano.com</A> = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT = size=2><BR>------------------------------------------------------------= -------------<BR>The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress<BR> <BR>        -- = Joseph Joubert (1754-1824) French Philosopher<BR></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>