How much is 49.99 in taxes because I have a 50 dollars on my account

How much is the Tax, where you are JeffDBoss..?? $2 + Tax = $3 - $4 = 50-100%

Usually a gift is load with whatever amount you like, say $50.

If you buy a game that has a price tag of, say $49.99 and taxes are 5% (GST): Total = $52.48

You will be short the $2.48

So, no, gift cards dont include taxes.

So ur saying i wasted 50 dollars and i cant use it on my xbox wow

Because no matter how much i change my region and store region it wont work

Ya you don't pay taxes on gift cards ever as its is digital currency

That would be an issue with your store not xbox

So unless your government charges taxes on gift cards it doesn't go to xbox at all but the store

You are taxed on dlc purchases however

So if you buy 50 dollar dlc you must buy more then 50 dollar currency to cover the taxes

I haven't bought any MS Points from a retailer in a while, I may have been mistaken on them.

However yesterday, when speaking with someone from Microsoft (It was Microsoft's chat, not Ambassador) THEY informed me that the prices when attempting to purchase points on their site did not include tax, and that it would be extra.

Regardless of the fact of tax, everyone seems to be missing the picture. If there's no tax, THERE'S STILL A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN PRICE FOR CANADIANS AND AMERICANS EVEN THOUGH OUR DOLLAR IS ON PAR.

Let's say you're correct and there's no tax.

2800 for 39.99 = 1.43 per point., or 2000 for 29.00 = 1.45 per point.

4000 for 49.99 = 1.25 per point.

So again, guess what? American's are saving 18-20 cents per point. So again, for the math on points:

Canadian's cost for 4000 points? $57.20 - $58.00

American's cost for 4000 points? 49.99

Again, almost ten dollars in savings.

So for the people that couldn't get over the fact that I included tax when apparently it's not taxed (Even though a Microsoft Employee informed me it was), why should I pay $10 more just because I'm Canadian?

**Edit** And before we all get sidetracked again on tax, I don't really care about whether or not there's tax. My current understanding is that American's don't pay tax on it, Canadian's do. I'm not going to include that because it's just going to make the
difference even bigger, and I'm willing to suck up that extra tax for me free health care. So I'll use untaxed numbers from now on. Don't bother saying "WELL YOU'RE TAXED IN CANADA THAT'S WHY THERE'S A PRICE DIFFERENCE" because you're obviously either illiterate
or can't do math.