Sorry I can't help, Dave.

But this would be the infamous TAX CUTTER operating as a tax INCREASER behind the scenes. Surely there will be some public outcry, if only to expose the hypocrasy.

>Ontario is changing the guidelines regarding the boundaries of its provincial sales tax.
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> Apparently they are going after anyone who spends time 'installing software'.
> Has anyone had any experience with the Ontario government auditing their business and declaring time spent developing software PST taxable?
> Some businesses are being charged four years back taxes.
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> Further, according to reports I have read any organization that bundles services with software must pay PST on the entire transaction.
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> The regulation was changed in 1997 and was not widely publicized until April 2001.
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> The province's position on help desk staff : "if they touch a keyboard they're installing something"
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> What a mess.