On 4/20/05, Jim Colwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There is no import duty on used photo gear (or new lenses) coming into > Canada, but Canada Customs will make you pay Federal and Provincial sales > tax if they think that it was bought outside of Canada. <snip>
Actually, you have to pay those taxes on the ~value~ of any equipment ~acquired~ outside of Canada (not just bought). There is no tax on gifts under $60. Gifts over $60 are taxable on their value over $60 (the first $60 being exempt). I know this from very recent personal experience. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
