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11-26-2006 06:11 PM
1. If item is being shipped VIA USPS:
If the item is valued at less than $20.00 Cdn, you will likely not be charged anything upon receipt. If the item is valued at more than $20.00 Cdn, you will likely be charged any applicable duty, 6% GST plus a $5.00 handling fee. Since CanadaPost is Federal (NOT provincial), they do not normally charge PST regardless of the province to which the item is being shipped, unless that province has a harmonized GST/PST sales tax, in which case they will.
2. If item is being shipped VIA Courier (any Courier):
Regardless of the value of the item, you will be charged not only any applicable duty, but you will also be charged BOTH GST and PST on the item (since couriers are provincially based), PLUS you will be charged a brokerage fee which as the OP stated, starts at $25.00 and goes UP from there.
In short, depending on the item, and the method used to ship it to you, a $50.00 purchase could almost double in price by the time you actually receive it. And that does not even take into account the amount that you most likely already paid for S&H. And if for any reason, you have to ship the item back, although technically you would be entitled to reimbursement of any duty and taxes paid, I would not hold my breath waiting for a refund.
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"Canada Post charges GST and PST in Ontario to incoming parcels valued over $20 CDN"
No, CP does not normally charge PST on importing goods to Ontario, especially if they are sent to a Company. The reason is simple. Both taxes are 'end user' taxes. But unlike GST, there is no way to claim back PST through the pass-through process. If you had to pay PST, then the customs docs were not completed correctly.
11-26-2006 11:04 PM
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