12-03-2013, 06:32 AM
Ethics aside, all you really have is the difference between "what the contract says in writing" and "how you were invoiced".
In any case, GET is supposedly at the "wholesale" rate until the "final retail" transaction; equipment "should" have been wholesale to the contractor (0.5%), retail to you (4.166%).
Opinion: it's appropriate to name names, if it saves headache for others. (The "dumb question" is: why hire a contractor from the other side of the island? Can't possibly be "cheaper"...)
In any case, GET is supposedly at the "wholesale" rate until the "final retail" transaction; equipment "should" have been wholesale to the contractor (0.5%), retail to you (4.166%).
Opinion: it's appropriate to name names, if it saves headache for others. (The "dumb question" is: why hire a contractor from the other side of the island? Can't possibly be "cheaper"...)