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February 25, 2004
Tax
It turns out stuff sent across the border is subject to Canada's Goods and Services Tax whether or not it was paid for. Colby Cosh just got charged for a book he is reviewing. Good thing nobody checks the mail headed into university departments.
Good news: the postman finally arrived with the latest book I'm supposed to review for The American Spectator! The bad news: he held out his hand for $7.51 when he handed it over. Huh? Surely they don't send packages postage-due anymore... No, the $7.51 was a smidgen of GST, plus, naturally, a $5 "handling fee", because it requires rather a lot of work for Customs to do the math of figuring out 7% of the price of a book.
Posted by Ghost of a flea at February 25, 2004 08:37 AM
Comments
I know of at least one business that had to relocate south of the border because CCRA wanted to charge them GST every time their inventory moved back and forth across the border. What you might need in an instance like that is a good Bay Street GST lawyer, or it might be simpler to just leave. Don't worry, we don't need the jobs.
Posted by: Mondo Sismondo at February 25, 2004 10:29 AM