My Experience re. shipping to Canada
Yes, anything being imported with a price over $20.00 should have the GST collected, most of the time. Sometimes, when you've bought used off a market site, such as Ebay, they will not collect the...
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robatthelake wrote:
Compounded taxes are when a sales tax is applied to the goods ,then shipping charges are added and yet another Tax is applied to the sum of the goods plus shipping . it amounts to Tax upon Tax. great for the Government but hardly fair to the purchaser!
It's also an improper calculation and illegal if you are talking about all Canadian taxes.
As a Canadian consumer with a product being delivered to you in Canada, a US retailer should not be applying local sales tax to your purchase. If they did, go online and obtain the form from that State and apply for a refund of the sales tax.
