@brianp1950 Now please don't assume I am for the Lieberals when I say my comment - I am not, but technically they are not lying about this specific item. The 12% tax on private used vehicle sales was a new tax (not HST) that they passed at the same time or just after the HST, so it is not necessarily affected. And to answer your question on "how many times do you have to pay the ax on the new vehicle " the answer is " once, if you trade your old one in" that is because if the purchaser of a new vehicle trades in their old one they only pay tax on the difference between the two...so the person buying the old one pays the rest of the tax. This helps the used car buyer (buying from a dealer) too because you know who you're buying from and you get certain guarantees (title, worthiness of goods, payment).. Which are all at risk in private transactions.