OT: Canada's GST

[Arthur Entlich <artistic-1@xxxxxxx>]

Yes, there are certain restrictions, such as goods "consumed" while in 
Canada.  But you can submit on leaving at any duty-free shop.  It 
doesn't have to be mailed.  They give people a brochure on the way in 
explaining the process at most land and air customs offices.

Art

Laurie Solomon wrote:

> One correction Art.  In each of my last several visits to Canada, I found
> that the refund of VAT to tourists (i.e., visitors) does not apply to
> everything but only to some things; there are a set of resrictions and
> conditions.  It does not cover, for example, VAT taxes on food purchased in
> restaurants or if the total taxes are less than a given amount.  Moreover,
> one has to apply for a refund of the taxes after one has left the country
> using a special form filled out and submitted to a given location by a given
> deadline.  Thus, the visitor must know about the refund policy and know to
> get the form and save all one's receipts (since a requirement is that one
> submit the original receipts with the application for it to be valid). It
> should also be known that if the application and original receipts are lost
> in the mail; the Canadian Govt. assumes no responsibility and the submitter
> is just out of luck unless they can get duplicate original receipts from
> those from whom the purchase was originally made ( good luck on that one
> except possible with hotels and airlines).
> 
> 


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