Canada Customs keeping us safe from terrorists
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Moparsmitty
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If you drive through the service lot at the local Camping World that's just down the road from my place, you will see that over half of the RV's that are in for service/repair/upgrades etc. have B.C. plates. Some of these high $ motorhomes are getting major upgrades according to one of the service techs I've talked to. I'm betting that they don't declare this stuff when they go back across the border and I've never heard of anyone being caught and fined for it. Seems fair.
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I declare all things and most are exempt if you have been in US long enough and I keep a file on my Jeep because it has some expensive stuff on it
well body motor and trans are still factory
It sounds like this guy had the whole car rebuilt in one trip mine has been over 7 years and paid on some of it
well body motor and trans are still factory
It sounds like this guy had the whole car rebuilt in one trip mine has been over 7 years and paid on some of it
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That sounds like a pretty pricey 67 Chevelle
Even w/o the $55K in fines
Even w/o the $55K in fines
The poor guy got hosed in the U.S. and Canada.
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Why would you have to pay taxes on a repair done to car because you are bringing it home? So if you have a crap car and it needs a new timing belt while in the US you have to pay that states sales tax and then pay more tax to drive it back into Canada?
Pardon my ignorance on the subject.
Pardon my ignorance on the subject.
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Essentially yes you "should" technically claim it if a repair was done. You are allowed a duty free limit to spend based on how long you were over the border so if you are under that limit you would not have to pay the additional Canadian HST (24 hrs - $200 and 48 hrs - $800 I believe)
What it appears happened here (just a guess) is that how long the car was over the border probably didn;t match up with his story... I'm thinking with $130,000 in repairs/restoration that car was probably over the border for quite some time so when the plate was ran and when it crossed didn't add up to a quick trip.... I know guys that go over and have tires put on and other small repairs done that wouldn't be questioned and even heard of a guy I work with driving to Pennsylvania to drop a Crate motor in but these are scheduled as to not look suspect.... IMO with that kind of bill this guy was asking for it not to mention what ever it is you spend $130,000 on is bound to have some noticeable changes to the car (at least I would hope so!)
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Just another government ripping off it's people then giving a sappy excuse so they can take his money
coronet340
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Even if he did have 130000 done, you really think the guards would have said "Hey, thats that car looked like crap several months ago when it crossed the border. Better ask him some questions a?"
The guy should of just said he came to 'Merica for some fried chicken and waffles. His own fault.
The guy should of just said he came to 'Merica for some fried chicken and waffles. His own fault.
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The way I understand it he must declare the work done on his vehicle so you can pay taxes on the work done? Why in the hell does the people put up with this kind of thievery?
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O.M.F.G. you got to be kidding me... that's freaken' ridiculous...
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I don't understand the uproar. If the work had been done in Canada, he would've had to pay tax on the labour. Whether he paid sales tax in the US is irrelevant, he can apply for a refund of US tax because it didn't stay there. Whether you agree with the law or not, it is the law. You can try and change it, but at the present it is the law. As it stands, he got caught, plain and simple. Maybe an hour earlier or an hour later he may have gotten away with it. I'm not shedding any tears.
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I agree.
Moparsmitty
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Maybe, but I don't see big gobs of Canadians moving to the U.S.
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You've got your own problems, many more serious than ours.
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We all have our problems. They are what we make them to be. Sure there are a lot of things that we Canadians think are worse here than in the US. Likewise there are Americans who think that things are better in Canada than they are in the US. All of us are products of our environment to a point. Neither is necessarily better. It's just different.
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Exactly... he tried to get away with something blatant that he knew was illegal and got caught.... I don't see where the sob story is here.... and if he can afford the $130k to have that much work done on his car then he can damn well pony up the 55k fine!
This isn't a little expenditure he tried to sneak by customs...
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