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		majormajor on Nov 11, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Vancouver plans to tax empty properties 1% of thei... That's how sales tax generally works, no? (Which suggests that the cost gets passed along and so it is a hit to the renter.)

bzbarsky on Nov 11, 2016 [–]

> That's how sales tax generally works, no?

Yes, which is why a VAT is much saner than a sales tax.

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