Date:         Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:09:35 -0230
Reply-To:     Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: registering Matilda in Canada
In-Reply-To:  <7baaccc6695c0f170196e3ada54b49f6.squirrel@ketchup.teksavvy.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1

On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 4:59 PM, Greg Potts <greg@pottsfamily.ca> wrote:

> Hi Jake,
>
> My Dad paid duty on his 1985 westy when he imported it in 2005. His was a
> mere TWO WEEKS short of the twenty year old requirement, and the duty on
> his at the time was around $600 IIRC. If you have AC you will also have to
> pay a $100 tax on that. Don't bother lying about it because they know from
> the VIN if there's factory AC installed. They don't care if it works or
> not, if it's there, then it's taxable.
>
> But Joy may be exempt from all that anyway as this is not an import
> purchase, or Mathilda may be more than 20 years old, I don't recall.
>
>
Yeah, Matilda is an '89, so she's more than 20 years old - though I haven't
seen that age limit on the stuff I've read so far.  If the vehicle is more
than 15 years old then the RIV (registration of an imported vehicle) isn't
required.

But what I can't figure out is what IS required.

I did read somewhere that when moving to Canada the HST & GST aren't
required.  I'm not sure about the A/C tax.  I haven't plunged into the
details on that, though, I have to sort that out.


> Also, it's not Homeland Security that's involved, it's US Customs and
> Border Protection.
>
>
Maybe now Customs & Border is part of Homeland Security?  But I have no idea
why they are involved at all.  I looked at their website - it looks like
their part of the paperwork also has to be done at the border.  I sent them
a query asking what I'm supposed to do if the van is already in Canada and I
have no plans to drive it to the US any time soon.  It would be one thing if
I were in Montreal or something, but driving 2000 miles just to cross the
border is pretty absurd, not to mention taking a lot of time that I don't
want to give it.  Not that I expect any of the bureaucrats to care!



Joy


>
> > You don't have to pay any duty to bring a Vanagon in to Canada.  I paid
> > PST
> > and GST on my purchase from abroad but Matilda is a 'settler's effect' so
> > she should be exempt.
> >
> > I think Homeland Security will want to do the export process nonetheless.
> >
>