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Testing the tax: U of T economist Peter Dungan and a colleague concluded in a study that a 9 per cent federal sales tax is likely to push by inflation.
Testing the tax: U of T economist Peter Dungan and a colleague concluded in a study that a 9 per cent federal sales tax is likely to push by inflation.

Testing the tax: U of T economist Peter Dungan and a colleague concluded in a study that a 9 per cent federal sales tax is likely to push by inflation.

Date8/15/1989
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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Retailer Gordon Frattini, above, complains that reduction in sales tax from 7 to 4 per cent will cost him $70 for adjustments to his electronic cash register
Retailer Gordon Frattini, above, complains that reduction in sales tax from 7 to 4 per cent will cost him $70 for adjustments to his electronic cash register
Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
4/14/1978
U of T's Peter Dungan suggests letting consumers take $2,000 tax free out of plans such as RRSPs.
U of T's Peter Dungan suggests letting consumers take $2,000 tax free out of plans such as RRSPs.
Power, Peter
11/29/1991
All Ready: Toronto retailer Alan Goouch has computers and software in place that will automatically calculate the new federal sales tax and Ontario sales tax on goods sold at his four clothing stores
All Ready: Toronto retailer Alan Goouch has computers and software in place that will automatically calculate the new federal sales tax and Ontario sales tax on goods sold at his four clothing stores
Loek, Dick
11/16/1999
He's furious: Scarborough businessman Bob Tutton is angry about an amendment to the federal Excise Tax Act which he says increases the cost of his goods to consumers, creates more bureaucracy and jacks up Canada's inflation rate
He's furious: Scarborough businessman Bob Tutton is angry about an amendment to the federal Excise Tax Act which he says increases the cost of his goods to consumers, creates more bureaucracy and jacks up Canada's inflation rate
Russell, Jim
8/7/1981
Just like any other tax: Lawyer Andy Friedman, above, says we are the only country that still penalizes manufatcurers with a 13.5-per-cent tax.
Just like any other tax: Lawyer Andy Friedman, above, says we are the only country that still penalizes manufatcurers with a 13.5-per-cent tax.
Eglinton, Rick
10/10/1990
Business demolished? Renovator Terry Mills fears that many jobs will disappear when the proposed 7 per cent goods and services tax takes effect.
Business demolished? Renovator Terry Mills fears that many jobs will disappear when the proposed 7 per cent goods and services tax takes effect.
Bull, Ron
3/26/1990
Campaign manager: Kenneth Barnes, president of the Canadian Advertising Advisory Board, helped organize the forces which will take Newfoundland to court over its 4-per-cent tax on advertising.
Campaign manager: Kenneth Barnes, president of the Canadian Advertising Advisory Board, helped organize the forces which will take Newfoundland to court over its 4-per-cent tax on advertising.
Russell, Jim
10/9/1981
Mad as hell: Greengrocer Gus Karagianis has gathered 3,000 signatures opposing the 9 per cent tax
Mad as hell: Greengrocer Gus Karagianis has gathered 3,000 signatures opposing the 9 per cent tax
Griffin, Doug
9/1/1989
Master planners: Harold Chmara, left, and Ted Hall are planning how Th Hudon's Bay Co. will implement the new federal sales tax throughout its retailing empire, including the flagship Simpsons store in down town Toronto, where 100 cas registers must be repogrammed.
Master planners: Harold Chmara, left, and Ted Hall are planning how Th Hudon's Bay Co. will implement the new federal sales tax throughout its retailing empire, including the flagship Simpsons store in down town Toronto, where 100 cas registers must be repogrammed.
Gower, Patti
12/7/1989
Not the answer: Visiting Israeli politician Haim Ben-Shahar says indexation is not the answer to inflation problems. And he should know, for in Israel, inflation is currently 130 per cent and has been a chronic problem for that state.
Not the answer: Visiting Israeli politician Haim Ben-Shahar says indexation is not the answer to inflation problems. And he should know, for in Israel, inflation is currently 130 per cent and has been a chronic problem for that state.
Lennon, Frank
8/20/1981
Under two bits: You can get a tax-free peanut-butter-on-soda-cracker special for 20 cents at Fran's Restaurants - one way owner Fran Deck is protesting move to tax meals over 25 cents.
Under two bits: You can get a tax-free peanut-butter-on-soda-cracker special for 20 cents at Fran's Restaurants - one way owner Fran Deck is protesting move to tax meals over 25 cents.
Beaty, Keith
6/9/1982
Economist Seymour Friedland is one of the few with a gloomy view of the market He expects a 10 per cent decline in the TSE index.
Economist Seymour Friedland is one of the few with a gloomy view of the market He expects a 10 per cent decline in the TSE index.
Goode, Jeff
10/30/1973