In the US its the same Marg. The tax is added on at the cash register. Except food. It isn't taxed, unless its sugar or pop. Candy too. They are talking about adding tax to food again. Some areas are 5%, 6%, 7%, 10%, it varies around the states. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marged" <marged@btinternet.com> To: <LIVING-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 4:28 PM Subject: Re: [LIV] Just in case you weren't feeling too old today]] Something I found hard to get used to in Canada is that the tax is added on to your purchase at the till, so you have to remember not to try to get the exact money out of your purse. Here, in UK, the price you see (usually very high) is the price you pay except in Costco or Makro, or other wholesale places. Marj --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 1/11/2002

If you're dead sneaky like what I am you can get a card for a wholesale grocery super market and buy things cheaply provided you buy in mutiples. The only drawback is that the tax isn't displayed until you reach the checkout when you can get rather a shock. Jim Sharpe Shaw, Oldham. ----- Original Message ----- From: Vicky Ballantine <cobolt47@frontiernet.net> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 12:08 AM Subject: [GEN-FRIENDS] Fw: [LIV] Just in case you weren't feeling too old today]] > In the US its the same Marg. The tax is added on at the cash register. > Except food. It isn't taxed, unless its sugar or pop. Candy too. They are > talking about adding tax to food again. Some areas are 5%, 6%, 7%, 10%, it > varies around the states. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marged" <marged@btinternet.com> > To: <LIVING-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 4:28 PM > Subject: Re: [LIV] Just in case you weren't feeling too old today]] > > > Something I found hard to get used to in Canada is that the tax is added on > to your purchase at the till, so you have to remember not to try to get the > exact money out of your purse. > > Here, in UK, the price you see (usually very high) is the price you pay > except in Costco or Makro, or other wholesale places. > > Marj > > > > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 1/11/2002 > > > ==== GEN-FRIENDS Mailing List ==== > Please type SURNAMES in UPPER CASE for ease of reading. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.306 / Virus Database: 166 - Release Date: 12/4/01