Hi Wes, You wrote (in regards to purchasing a kayak in Canada): "The other complication is sales tax. A combination of provincial and federal sales taxes comes to 15% of the value of the purchase. However, when you cross the border, you can pick up a form that's submitted to the Canadian government to refund the sales tax." 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. Mary Murphy Malcolm Island Inn Sointula, BC Canada > *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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 *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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