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2006 Registration Fee: $262.50 ---> $275??

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2006 Registration Fee: $262.50 ---> $275?? [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 19 Aug 2006, 19:30
Just curious if any other fellow members were charged an additional $12.50 consumption tax when you registered for the test? (currently 5% CT here in Japan, but scheduled to double after Prime Minister Koizumi steps down next month, subsequently bringing the new test fee <plus tax> to $275. )

The last I recall, the registration fee was a flat $250. Is this a Japan only policy, or does each country tax it`s test takers at different rates, if at all :?: :? :?

Some crazy guy in the club once said it right:

GMAT= (Give Money And Time)

Originally posted by GMATT73 on 19 Aug 2006, 07:47.
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[#permalink] New post   19 Aug 2006, 16:56
registered in the US - was 250. Guess it's got something to do with Japan.
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[#permalink] New post   22 Aug 2006, 05:11
In the UK we are charged 293 dollars including tax. When i took it in China it was 250 (that was pre-Pearson times though)

Great policy Tony (Blair)---taxing higher education. VAT 17.5%

Why would a government want to tax someone, who ,if successful is going to end up paying more in income contributions at a later date????

Very sad state of affairs indeed....so you guys in Japan/USA should be happy :-D
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[#permalink] New post   22 Aug 2006, 22:00
Jules wrote:
In the UK we are charged 293 dollars including tax. When i took it in China it was 250 (that was pre-Pearson times though)

Great policy Tony (Blair)---taxing higher education. VAT 17.5%

Why would a government want to tax someone, who ,if successful is going to end up paying more in income contributions at a later date????

Very sad state of affairs indeed....so you guys in Japan/USA should be happy :-D


I just can`t seem to understand why some countries tax an education related exam and others don`t?? WTF? Do they give you plush leather chairs to sit on and massage your shoulders in the UK?
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[#permalink] New post   23 Aug 2006, 06:26
I certainly hope so..

Will let you know after i take the test!
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