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Re: DUTY? (was Re: Canadian Online Toy Purchases....)
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lugnet.loc.ca
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Mon, 29 Jan 2001 02:14:23 GMT
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Following up my own message here. I had posted in the
previous message that in Ontario you should
only have to pay GST on imported LEGO from the USA. This
was based on information given to me directly by Customs
by telephone. As it turns out this may not be true.
On Friday I brought in about US$725 of classic space LEGO
that I had shipped to me at work (in the USA) from a private
sale. I was charged both GST and PST at the border. I am
now filing an appeal form considering I was told by official
channels that there would only be GST. Here's hoping I get
my $86 back, but I'm not holding my breath.
KDJ
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LUGNETer #203, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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 | | Re: DUTY? (was Re: Canadian Online Toy Purchases....)
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| (...) Kyle, I don't think you will have much luck getting your PST back. CCRA (was Revenue Canada) and the province of Ontario have a service level agreement to collect PST at the border. I just double checked the Customs site and CCRA also has (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: DUTY? (was Re: Canadian Online Toy Purchases....)
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| (...) G'day Tim, I can help here with things in-bound from the USA. Because of NAFTA, most items (including LEGO) can be imported into Canada from the USA with no duty charges (tariffs). The condition is that the item must be "made in the USA". For (...) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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