Thread: GST for internet-bought stuff under $1000.00 ?

Don't know how it works elsewhere but here any inbound items are processed by Customs and the GST is collected by them. That is unless it is sent via a shipper like UPS who acting as a broker pays the GST and collects from you after. These shippers also have a nasty habit of charging an additional fee, among other fees, for the service of collecting the GST.

Bob

Originally Posted by BobH

Don't know how it works elsewhere but here any inbound items are processed by Customs and the GST is collected by them. That is unless it is sent via a shipper like UPS who acting as a broker pays the GST and collects from you after. These shippers also have a nasty habit of charging an additional fee, among other fees, for the service of collecting the GST.

Bob

Oh yes. Here we have storage fees, customs fees , quarantine fees on wood scales etc & any other fee they care to invent but they usually only flag $1k items.

Originally Posted by onimaru55

Oh yes. Here we have storage fees, customs fees , quarantine fees on wood scales etc & any other fee they care to invent but they usually only flag $1k items.

CBSA, Canadian Customs, take care of the GST and any customs fees. Never been charged a storage fee by them or had any wood quarantined by them either. CBSA does enforce the CITES Treaty on endangered wildlife and fauna but then I imagine that is pretty standard. I don't know at what limit they flag inbound items but I guess if the paper work cost more than collecting they take a pass on it. That is just a guess though.

Bob