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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

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

Date11/16/1999
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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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.
12/7/1989
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
4/14/1978
Better days: S.S. Kresge at Gerrard St. and Coxwell Ave. Joins the sidewalk sales of the '80s but still evokes a dry-goods smell of stores from another era
Better days: S.S. Kresge at Gerrard St. and Coxwell Ave. Joins the sidewalk sales of the '80s but still evokes a dry-goods smell of stores from another era
9/28/1988
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.
8/15/1989
Gloomy forecast: Grocery store owner Jean Deimantis fears many customers will be hard hit if Michael Wilson's new sales tax is extended to include food
Gloomy forecast: Grocery store owner Jean Deimantis fears many customers will be hard hit if Michael Wilson's new sales tax is extended to include food
9/27/1989
Sale! Sale! Sale! Shoppers check out goods in the window of a downtown leather store yesterday that was offering a no-tax incentive
Sale! Sale! Sale! Shoppers check out goods in the window of a downtown leather store yesterday that was offering a no-tax incentive
12/21/1991
Increase in sales tax may speed auto sales
Increase in sales tax may speed auto sales
4/26/1988
Sales boom: Mark Herzog, owner of House of Computers, sees increasing diversity among buyers.
Sales boom: Mark Herzog, owner of House of Computers, sees increasing diversity among buyers.
12/29/1981
Draught beer will be subject to a 10 - per-cent sales tax and the gallonage tax will go up 27 1/2 percent
Draught beer will be subject to a 10 - per-cent sales tax and the gallonage tax will go up 27 1/2 percent
3/28/1972
Dan Bryk: New sales tax is making things tough on kids' fast-food urges.
Dan Bryk: New sales tax is making things tough on kids' fast-food urges.
6/23/1982
Compenstion for shopkeepers for collecting sales tax, as set up in the new budget, will make very little difference to Joaquim Sousa, owner of a varie(...)
Compenstion for shopkeepers for collecting sales tax, as set up in the new budget, will make very little difference to Joaquim Sousa, owner of a varie(...)
4/7/1975
Walter Valentan, left, Harry Fine, centre, and Rob McNaughton, representing the bowling industry, see dire times with new sales tax.
Walter Valentan, left, Harry Fine, centre, and Rob McNaughton, representing the bowling industry, see dire times with new sales tax.
10/25/1989