I can't speak to whether it applies to Canadian residents but I know that in Washington State you can avoid sales tax at the time of purchase by showing your out of State ID. Mark in AK ----- Original Message ----- From: Christopher Gronski <gronski@GMAIL.COM> Date: Thursday, January 11, 2007 3:03 pm Subject: Re: Canadian taxes To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Is there anything like this for Canadian's buying stuff in the US for > them to recover US State taxes? > > Chris > > On 1/10/07, misemefein <misemefein@mac.com> wrote: > > The Canadian federal government shops out GST tax rebates to a > private> company called Premier Tax Free. Any foreigners visiting > Canada with > > the intention of reclaiming their eligible tax should visit the web > > site before leaving: > > > > http://www.premiertaxfree.ca/ > > > > The mail service is very slow. We filed for rebates for a trip to > > Quebec on August 24; the check arrived just before Christmas. > Out of a > > retail amount of about $750, we got $20 back. Premier Tax Free > takes a > > healthy 18% service charge off every claim, besides whatever they're > > making off their contract with the government. > > > > Some of you may decide it's not worth it. . . . > > > > Perhaps you can do better if you cash in your receipts at the > border.> Be sure you use a border crossing that is prepared to > handle such > > things! > > > > Good luck with the trip. It sounds fabulous. > > > > Ellen > > > |
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