Bought Coin From USA And Cbsa Molested Me For GST And Pst

There is no duty but you are always responsible for taxes on coins.
Because of high volumes they don't always intercept low value shipments but they have the right to do so.
You won't be getting a refund.

There is no duty but you are always responsible for taxes on coins.
Because of high volumes they don't always intercept low value shipments but they have the right to do so.
You won't be getting a refund.

That's what I thought....just lucky with earlier shipments I suppose. At least I didn't have to pay UPS or Fedex a "brokerage" fee in excess of the tax assessment.....and gst on their fee.

Very identical thing happened to me last year.
I took a scan of the coins and included it with my refund request.
Cheque came about 5 weeks later for the full amount.
Later on I decided to explore further and was told that they employ a lot of summer students and they are not as familiar with the frase:
it must be worth our while collecting GST / HST. meaning the amount recovered by them must be higher than their expenses to collect.
Was also told that Fed tax (GST) is exempt for Canadian collectors coins and that Provincial taxes are based on the honor system, unless HST (not GST) is collected.
does it make sense?
tripoli
check google for Canada customs act...https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/
and work yourself to collectors coins...
Have fun

Pacificoin is correct. In my previous post I said .9999 pure silver and gold bullion is PST/GST exempt which is right until I looked up what a US Gold Eagle is. According to the internet, a US Gold Eagle is 22K gold with 91.6g of gold.

Since it not pure gold, the CBSA assessment is correct. The coin is subject to both GST and PST.

GST is exempt only for pure .9999 silver/gold Canadian Collector coins or any pure collector coin from the world.
For example, the gold Canada Superman coins are charged GST because they are only 22K.

PST is not based on the honor system. it is based on the business being registered to do business in the province where there is PST. If a dealer has no brick and mortar
store in the province there is no point in doing the paperwork collecting and remitting PST.

One other comment on taxes, while GST is not charged on .9999 coins, the RCM charged me 7% PST on the latest Bill Reid .9999 Au coin....s....oh well, first world ing.

I gather you don't buy much NCLT coins because ever since BC got rid of the HST, BC PST is charged on .9999 Pure Silver/Gold NCLT coins BUT NOT on .9999 Pure Silver/Gold BULLION coins. The reason for this difference is unclear to me. Perhaps someone can explain it.

Also, to longtime NCLT collectors like me and others, there is a loophole to avoid the BC PST on NCLT and that is to buy from out of province coin dealers and not the RCM. Except for the Shopping Channel, dealers outside of BC do not charge PST on NCLT. Gatewest Coins and Canadian Coin and Currency are two of the biggest dealers outside of BC.

If the item is a Canadian coin - I usually just ask the sender to declare "made in Canada" (even from Heritage Auctions), and so far, it has either worked, or I have been very lucky....