You can only claim back the gst. wendy ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Kingfisher Wilderness Adventures Ltd" <kingfshr_at_idmail.com> To: "PaddleWise" <PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net>, "Wes Boyd" <boydwe_at_dmci.net> Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Run for the border Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 22:49:38 -0700 Wes Boyd wote in regard to buying 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. Hi Wes, The 15% sales tax is a combination of 7% Goods and Services Tax ( GST ) and 8% Ontario Provincial Sales Tax ( PST). I believe you can only have the 7% GST refunded by the government not the 8% PST. I know that is a fact with the provincial sales tax in British Columbia ( from years in retail selling to American tourists ). The Ontario PST mat be different but I don't think so. With the exchange rate the way it is it is still probably cheaper to buy in Canada. Andrew Jones ______________________________ Kingfisher Wilderness Adventures Ltd. North Vancouver, BC, Canada www.kingfisher-adventures.com ______________________________ *************************************************************************** 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/ *************************************************************************** ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com *************************************************************************** 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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