Re: [Paddlewise] Run for the border

From: Wes Boyd <boydwe_at_dmci.net>
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 13:02:16
At 06:22 AM 6/1/00 -0700, malisle wrote:

>
>You'd better check to see if it's all the sales tax that can be refunded
or just
>the GST, i.e., the federal tax.  I believe it's this 7% federal portion
that is
>refundable, but I could be wrong.

Another thing I discovered this morning is fees for conversion between US
and Canadian funds -- one local bank charges 20%!!! (Needless to say, I did
not avail myself of their services . . .)  A credit card company I just got
checking with charges 1%. That's do-able, I guess . . . beats twenty percent.

-- Wes

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