A must read for HST, PST, GST on all firearms and accessories
- Thread starter IRUNGUNS
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- Location
- Richmond, BC
Oh man....gst only....holy
GunnieArtz
Regular
- Location
- Vancouver BC
That's good to know...
I mean I love supporting local gun shops, but when the prices they charge in BC (maybe to pay the high rent) and the 12% PST/GST combined, most of the time buying from out of province is cheaper even with shipping added on.
I mean I love supporting local gun shops, but when the prices they charge in BC (maybe to pay the high rent) and the 12% PST/GST combined, most of the time buying from out of province is cheaper even with shipping added on.
Do taxes ever go down?
Steve
Yes they do.
Let us not ever forget that our current government dropped GST from 7% to 5%
And ended the long gun registry.
When I lived in Saskatchewan, and bought something out of province, I was advised that it was up to me to let my home province know what I'd bought, for how much, and then to pay the consumption tax to Sask... E.g., If one purchased a rifle or other appliance in Alberta (pay GST) and brought it to Sask - he or she is expected to pay Sask provincial sales tax to Sask - voluntarily. I rather suspect the rule/law is only very rarely honoured.
Is it not the case that you're expected to pay local (e.g., home province) taxes for items purchased out of province? (I don't agree with the policy, because you also pay the tax where you bought it - oh - but you're then expected to apply for a refund of the taxes charged at source...)
Yup, the good ol re-taxing the same thing over and over trick.
I bought a car in QC last year, I had to pay taxes on the car in QC, pay taxes again when I registered it in Ontario and had to fill out a form for QC saying I paid the taxes in Ontario so QC could refund me the taxes I paid there.
This will only save you the US to CAD conversion (which is quite a bit depending on which regular/premium card you have). You can use it as freely as any other card, use that for the USD portion of the payment and a regular Canadian card for the GST + Shipping in Canada for maximum effect.
Well yes and no, Harper dropped 2% of fed tax a couple years ago but our provincial NDP govt. at the time thought it was a good idea to add 2% provincial tax on the very same day, they are no longer in power!Do taxes ever go down?
Steve
I agree 100%. I work 10 hours per day and almost half of that gets taken by them already. Then from whatever remains, 13% of it goes on anything I buy. And there are the taxes on gas, property and anything you can think off. They have the most creative minds in the world working around the clock to create new ways of taxing. Special environment taxes for buying my mouse and keyboard - really?
mastermind
CGN Regular
- Location
- SW Ontario
Are we taxed the 5% GST on used firearms manufactured in the U.S. and purchased from third-parties where IRG is ONLY facilitating the transfer and export?
I hope we aren't taxed on items not purchased through IRG, but rather using them as a service provider instead!
I hope we aren't taxed on items not purchased through IRG, but rather using them as a service provider instead!
