godaddy Godaddy Now Charges Canadians Hst?

[DomainsInc]

i've never heard of a US based registrar charging canadian tax on domains. and i am not talking about .ca domains but anything and everything.

 

[GeorgeK]

If you're a business, you can get 100% of the HST back as an input tax credit, when you do your HST returns. So, it's all a wash.

 

[DomainsInc]

If you're a business, you can get 100% of the HST back as an input tax credit, when you do your HST returns. So, it's all a wash.

yeah but its more work and more money to put up front that i shouldn't have to. i've never heard of a non canadian registrar charging canadians taxes.

 

[katherine]

And they charge VAT for EU residents too... death and taxes are inescapable.

 

[DomainsInc]

And they charge VAT for EU residents too... death and taxes are inescapable.

well they lost my business. no point using them when there are dozens of others who don't charge it.

 

[RTM.net]

Interesting, this seems new to me...

Edit: just checked recent orders from June 24th and June 30th - neither had any taxes charged. Have they started this week?

 

[DomainsInc]

Interesting, this seems new to me...

Edit: just checked recent orders from June 24th and June 30th - neither had any taxes charged. Have they started this week?

i just started getting them the evening of july 2nd.

 

[katherine]

Obviously they couldn't pass that tax on 1st July because it was Canada Day

 

[RTM.net]

Interesting... just a shot in the dark, but perhaps it's because they are a .ca registrar accredited by CIRA and as such had a Canadian business presence (office?) and were eventually required to start collecting sales tax from Canadians?

Microsoft also collects HST & PST for their online products (domains, hosting, Office 365, etc)...

Death, taxes and no renewal codes when your domains are set to expire... 3 certainties in life.

 

[DomainsInc]

Interesting... just a shot in the dark, but perhaps it's because they are a .ca registrar accredited by CIRA and as such had a Canadian business presence (office?) and were eventually required to start collecting sales tax from Canadians?

Microsoft also collects HST & PST for their online products (domains, hosting, Office 365, etc)...

Death, taxes and no renewal codes when your domains are set to expire... 3 certainties in life.

Some notification would of been nice. While we get the money back eventually its an extra 1.10 per domain that everyone will have to put up as a result.

 

[RTM.net]

Some notification would of been nice. While we get the money back eventually its an extra 1.10 per domain that everyone will have to put up as a result.

Indeed - it's probably buried deep in some TOS notice. The only thing I could find was this notice about them collecting both taxes (HST / GST / PST) for .ca registrations ... no date on that article though. And now it seems they're collecting it on all products & services...

You're right though, an 11% increase in upfront costs (15% if in Quebec) makes a difference. A bit more proactive notification from GD to their Canadian customers would indeed have been appreciated.