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Stores in Canada are opened since Monday until Saturday from 10.00 to 18.00, but some department stores are shut in 21.00. On Thursdays the trade concludes more lately, on Fridays and Saturdays considerably earlier than the usual, on Sundays work only souvenir and some small stores.
For the newcomers into the country for the period s less half a year, There is extended program 8% of reductions. With the purchases in the stores it is necessary to preserve checks, after return home as the proof of departure from Canada the checks are sent away on the mail together with the filled special form.
All goods and services, including transport, arrangement, food in the restaurants, etc, and even newspapers, are assessed 7% tax. In addition to this, almost in the entire territory of Canada there are additional, regional taxes to the goods and the services. In many provinces the tax reaches up to 15%. Tips may be usually 10 - 15% of the cost of the service.
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