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Re: DUTY? (was Re: Canadian Online Toy Purchases....)
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lugnet.loc.ca
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Thu, 1 Feb 2001 02:16:27 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.ca, Andrew Burt writes:
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> 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
> agreements to collect PST for BC, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec on postal
> imports. They also collect HST if you live in Nfld, N.B., or N.S.
And they evidently collect on non-postal imports as well..., I drove
that large order in personally.
> Based on their information, duties and taxes will apply on goods over $20 or
> gifts over $60. Collecting tax on stuff mailed to you is news to me. I'm
> going to be a lot more selective with my eBay bids from now on.
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> I hope they do cut you some slack and return your money. Good luck.
Well given that a BrickBay package that just arrived from Italy was
also taxed, I guess I won't be seeing anything come back. Since there
was no customs declaration on the Italian package they made something up.
Fortunately, their guess was lower than the actual value so I
made something back. We're not quite "even" yet, but it helps :]
KDJ
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LUGNETer #203, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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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 (...) (23 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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