[sdiy] Shipping PCB's overseas -- Canada

[Pete Niedermayr]

Well, I'm sure the taxes keep up the Canadian quality of life and standard
of living. Without taxes we would not have a government to look after us and
take care of us and those who can not or will not take care of themselves.
You are rich, You can afford to buy synthdiy stuff from other countries, why
shouldn't you be taxed to subsidize ones who can not or will not take care
of themselves and to pay for people who help them. And of course the people
who help them need to band together to keep from being exploited by the
system. Do we need to mention the impact your import will have on the
ecosystem ?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Cornutt" <cornutt at hiwaay.net>
To: "Colin Hinz" <asfi at eol.ca>
Cc: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 12:00 PM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Shipping PCB's overseas -- Canada


>
> On Friday, January 23, 2004, at 12:55  AM, Colin Hinz wrote:
> >>
> >
> > The thing is, everything coming into Canada is subject to a "Goods and
> > Services Tax" (GST, similar to VAT). This is imposed at the federal
> > level, and there are provincial taxes heaped upon that. Here in Ontario
> > the total damage is 15%.
> >
>
> I apologize in advance for going OT here, folks, but all this
> discussion about N. American customs has got me wondering...
>
> What the hell happened to NAFTA?  I thought it was supposed to eliminate
> duties on goods crossing the US-Canada border.  And I'm not picking
> on Canada specifically because I know this kind of thing happens on
> stuff going the other way too.
>
> Are the customs people slapping charges on stuff that is supposed to
> be duty-free?
>
> Have the governments found weasel-worded ways to tax the goods
> without it being considered "duty" as such, hence dodging the NAFTA
> rules?
>
> (And for our European friends: is there something comparable in Europe?
> Do goods move freely across borders between the EU countries, or are
> the countries finding devious ways to levy duties anyway?)
>
>