[LINK] sigh

Scott Howard scott at doc.net.au
Tue Feb 12 05:12:50 AEDT 2013


Given that the government is asking these questions of corporates, I wonder
if the corporates should start asking the government why they charge higher
tax rates in Australia than in some other countries?

After all, it's basically the same questions, isn't it?

  Scott



On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 7:52 AM, Rick Welykochy <rick at vitendo.ca> wrote:

> stephen at melbpc.org.au wrote:
>
> > "Microsoft, Apple, Adobe summoned by Australia pricing inquiry"
> >
> > Lower house committee summoned the three firms to explain why Australian
> > customers paid more for same products
>
> And in Canada, nothing is being done about similar pricing discrepancies.
>
> 'Country pricing' a cause of Canada-U.S. price gaps ...
>
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2013/02/07/marketplace-country-pricing.html
>
> The practice called 'country pricing' affects products across the board,
> not just IT products, i.e.
>
> "Edmonton resident Christine Maligec was shocked to find the playpen she
>   bought from Toys "R" Us cost $129.99 in the U.S., but jumped to $249.99
>   in Canada."
>
>
> cheers
> rickw
>
>
>
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