So,
does it makes sense to have a high value good from the
US shipped to a friend in Alberta (pay only GST) and
then have the friend ship me the stuff in Ontario?
Arnab
Toronto.
--- Chris O'Neill <coneill@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 12
Apr 2001, at 13:00, Andrew Dacey wrote:
>
> > This is probably something other Canuck members
> have dealt with, receiving
> > gear from the States.
>
> Mark answered the others pretty well, but...
>
> > 1. I thought that for goods coming from out of
> province you only had to pay
> > the federal (GST) portion of the tax, which would
> be 7%. By doing the math,
> > there's no way that what they wanted to charge me
> was 70nless they've
> > either converted the US value incorrectly or the
> shipper declared a much
> > higher value on the items than what I paid.
>
> I was gonna say you only have to pay the GST because
> that's what I
> have to pay. But, then, I remembered.... I live in
> ALBERTA!!!!
>
> Hahahahahahah!!!!
>
> Regards,
>
> Chris
>
> P.S. Yeah, I know... that was VERY mean! :-)))
>
> ---
> I'm *not* a Zuikoholic.... I'm a Zuikohobbiest!
> Chris O'Neill (coneill@xxxxxxxxxxx)
> http://www.nucleus.com/~coneill
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