(Laura Halliday) wrote in
:

When I picked up my Losmandy G-11 mount at Anacortes
Telscope & Wild Bird I got to pay Washington state
sales tax, B.C. provincial sales tax on the total
(including the Washington tax), and federal GST to boot.

Can't you apply for a refund of the Washington State tax amount? When I go
to Canada I can apply for a refund on any tax I pay there.