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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

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

Date11/16/1999
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  • 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
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      ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Master planners: Harold Chmara, left, and Ted Hall are planning how Th Hudon's Bay Co. will implement the new federal sales tax throughout its retailing empire, including the flagship Simpsons store in down town Toronto, where 100 cas registers must be repogrammed.
      Master planners: Harold Chmara, left, and Ted Hall are planning how Th Hudon's Bay Co. will implement the new federal sales tax throughout its retailing empire, including the flagship Simpsons store in down town Toronto, where 100 cas registers must be repogrammed.
      Gower, Patti
      12/7/1989
      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
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      4/14/1978
      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.
      Lennon, Frank
      8/15/1989
      Better days: S.S. Kresge at Gerrard St. and Coxwell Ave. Joins the sidewalk sales of the '80s but still evokes a dry-goods smell of stores from another era
      Better days: S.S. Kresge at Gerrard St. and Coxwell Ave. Joins the sidewalk sales of the '80s but still evokes a dry-goods smell of stores from another era
      Griffin, Doug
      9/28/1988
      Gloomy forecast: Grocery store owner Jean Deimantis fears many customers will be hard hit if Michael Wilson's new sales tax is extended to include food
      Gloomy forecast: Grocery store owner Jean Deimantis fears many customers will be hard hit if Michael Wilson's new sales tax is extended to include food
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      9/27/1989
      Sale! Sale! Sale! Shoppers check out goods in the window of a downtown leather store yesterday that was offering a no-tax incentive
      Sale! Sale! Sale! Shoppers check out goods in the window of a downtown leather store yesterday that was offering a no-tax incentive
      McConnell, Colin
      12/21/1991
      Increase in sales tax may speed auto sales
      Increase in sales tax may speed auto sales
      Beaty, Keith
      4/26/1988
      Sales boom: Mark Herzog, owner of House of Computers, sees increasing diversity among buyers.
      Sales boom: Mark Herzog, owner of House of Computers, sees increasing diversity among buyers.
      Slaughter, Mike
      12/29/1981
      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
      Ross, Fred
      3/28/1972
      Walter Valentan, left, Harry Fine, centre, and Rob McNaughton, representing the bowling industry, see dire times with new sales tax.
      Walter Valentan, left, Harry Fine, centre, and Rob McNaughton, representing the bowling industry, see dire times with new sales tax.
      Beaty, Keith
      10/25/1989
      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(...)
      Brennan, Pat
      4/7/1975
      Dan Bryk: New sales tax is making things tough on kids' fast-food urges.
      Dan Bryk: New sales tax is making things tough on kids' fast-food urges.
      Goode, Jeff
      6/23/1982