Short trip to the supermarket next door. Have never seen a customer there without a mask, though I did once see a man remove his mask to cough into his hand! Have no idea what he was thinking, although probably it was long habit mindlessly asserting itself and thought didn’t enter into it.
J examines the bill when we get home. As in most countries, tax is included in the price marked on the product or the shelf. Fewer surprises at the till, although I understand why the Canadian Consumers Association prefers separating price and tax in the mind of the consumer - it’s harder to get away with stealth rises in tax or forget about unstealthy ones. Bills here do tell you what the rate of tax on each item is, though, and it’s interesting. Twenty percent on the whisky and ten percent on the ice cream. Everything else including the (salted) peanuts is 5%. Not all food items, either, as there is a package of paper towels included.
For interest sake compare the whisky with same in Ontario, where the cost is a little more than two and a half times as much per cl. Presume that Turkey gets no better a deal than Canada when importing Scotch whisky, so the difference will be tax rates.
J examines the bill when we get home. As in most countries, tax is included in the price marked on the product or the shelf. Fewer surprises at the till, although I understand why the Canadian Consumers Association prefers separating price and tax in the mind of the consumer - it’s harder to get away with stealth rises in tax or forget about unstealthy ones. Bills here do tell you what the rate of tax on each item is, though, and it’s interesting. Twenty percent on the whisky and ten percent on the ice cream. Everything else including the (salted) peanuts is 5%. Not all food items, either, as there is a package of paper towels included.
For interest sake compare the whisky with same in Ontario, where the cost is a little more than two and a half times as much per cl. Presume that Turkey gets no better a deal than Canada when importing Scotch whisky, so the difference will be tax rates.