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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

Draught beer will be subject to a 10 - per-cent sales tax and the gallonage tax will go up 27 1/2 percent

Date3/28/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: Draught beer will be subject to a 10 - per-cent sales tax and the gallonage tax will go up 27 1/2 percent. One pub keeper said 2 cents tax on a 20-cent glass was a hell of a figure are likely would put the price up to 30 cents. Customers said; however; Fun is fun; and we'll keep on buying the rounds.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0009192F
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
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
Brian Doe, 29-year-old Briton, heads the British Ever Ready Co.'s assault on the Canadian battery market - estimated at $40 million a year. Doe, backed by a hefty advertising budget, hopes to capture 25 percent of battery sales in this country within five years. Growth rate in demand is about 8 per cent annually.
Brian Doe, 29-year-old Briton, heads the British Ever Ready Co.'s assault on the Canadian battery market - estimated at $40 million a year. Doe, backed by a hefty advertising budget, hopes to capture 25 percent of battery sales in this country within five years. Growth rate in demand is about 8 per cent annually.
10/29/1969
Monopoly intact: Brewers' Warehousing preserved its monopoly by convincing Liberals that corner-store beer would have the perverse effect of raising distribution costs and thus cutting sales
Monopoly intact: Brewers' Warehousing preserved its monopoly by convincing Liberals that corner-store beer would have the perverse effect of raising distribution costs and thus cutting sales
2/22/1985
Racking up savings: Some shoppers are really stocking up on imported wines and brandies for 30 to 45 per cent off
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2/13/1989
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
11/16/1999
Canned draught close to real thing
Canned draught close to real thing
3/11/1992
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.
10/10/1990
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
These are sweet days for spice merchant Tom Horton - his sales are up 30 per cent in five years
These are sweet days for spice merchant Tom Horton - his sales are up 30 per cent in five years
8/21/1977
Some lift!, From a bosun's chair hoist at a company party yesterday Swing Stage president Dean Dunlop said, with quarterly sales for its scaffolding up 65 per cent, I can't be glum about the future.
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4/20/1982
Andre Laug: Says North American sales are up 50 per cent
Andre Laug: Says North American sales are up 50 per cent
5/29/1980