Online purchase clarification.

[Panzo]

Just a quick question for anyone that lives in Canada, i was wondering if when you order online you save any taxes? Im in Quebec and i was wondering if i buy it online will i have to pay both federal and provincial taxes?
Thank you in advance 🙂

 

[Chupa Chupa]

Apple collects the same taxes you'd pay if you bought locally.

 

[Panzo]

i know macmall offers rebates or whatever it doesn't charge tax or something is there an equivalent in canada?

 

[Wehrwolf]

Don't know how it works in Canada, but in the States, an online retailer generally does not have to collect state sales tax from a sale if it doesn't have a physical business presence in said state.

For example, if I order something off Amazon and have it shipped to Michigan, they don't charge sales tax. However, having that same item shipped to Kentucky will incur 6% sales tax, as Amazon has a major distribution warehouse in Kentucky.

 

[alphaod]

For example, if I order something off Amazon and have it shipped to Michigan, they don't charge sales tax. However, having that same item shipped to Kentucky will incur 6% sales tax, as Amazon has a major distribution warehouse in Kentucky.

Also if the store you buy from has an affiliate program they have to charge taxes if your state requires it.