Robert, and any other Americans finding difficulty giving away
Canadian Money, feel free to give it to me so I can support my Vanagon
habit while I'm in school. I will not even charge a service charge!

Chris

On 1/11/07, Robert Fisher <refisher@mchsi.com> wrote:
> We can't give Canadian money away here- or do anything with Canadian
> currency instruments (money orders, checks, whatever), and 'here' is 2.5
> hrs. from L.A. We've had to deal with this a few times as my wife is
> Canadian. Nowadays my in-laws deposit any Canadian funds we deal with in an
> account that they share with my wife and she uses her ATM card to get it in
> American moola.
> We should be going back to Nova Scotia this summer for my BIL's wedding. The
> lack of a good exchange differential is gonna hurt.
>
> Cya,
> Robert
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jake de Villiers" <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 8:48 PM
> Subject: Re: Canadian taxes
>
>
> > You're kidding, right?  You're really worried about a cheque in Canadian
> > dollars?
> > And you're living in a country with the biggest deficit in the history of
> > civilisation?
> >
> > I thought you were some kind of world traveller, Joy.
> >
> > The last time I had trouble with Canadian money was in Sturgis, South
> > Dakota
> > in 1972, long before it became the party town it is today and it was
> > populated by a few thousand hicks who were afraid of money that wasn't
> > green.
> >
> > The Black Hills sure were magical, though.
> >
> > On 1/10/07, Joy Hecht <jhecht@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> >>
> >> You don't have to do your rebate through a private company.  When you
> >> leave
> >> Canada, go into the Canadian customs and immigration office at the
> >> border.
> >> You may have to look hard to find them - if you're not at a major border
> >> point, they will be off on the left hand side of the road as you're going
> >> out, where people going into Canada could easily stop but people going
> >> out
> >> can't.  Bring the receipts for any eligible items, and bring the items
> >> themselves.  They have to see the items you bought and see that you are
> >> really taking them out of the country.  They will stamp your receipts and
> >> give you the government forms to fill out.  Then you fill out the forms
> >> and
> >> send in your stamped original receipts.  And eventually they send you
> >> some
> >> money.
> >>
> >> You get back federal tax on items you bought and on lodging.  BUT - each
> >> receipt must be for a minimum amount, $CA 50 I think.  That means if you
> >> stayed one night in each of many campgrounds, none of your lodging is
> >> likely
> >> to qualify.  If you stayed several nights in the same campground it will,
> >> because it will be over $50.
> >>
> >> You can't get refunds on provincial tax.  You can't get refunds on taxes
> >> on
> >> transportation (e.g. gasoline, ferries).  I'm pretty sure you can't get
> >> refunds on food.  Only lodging and items.
> >>
> >> I don't know how long it takes to get reimbursed.  I sent in my paperwork
> >> a
> >> month ago, roughly - haven't gotten a refund yet.  What I'm worried about
> >> is
> >> what to do with a check in Canadian dollars!  And how much my bank will
> >> charge me to deposit it.
> >>
> >> Maybe I'll get the check in time for Bus Fusion and I can ask some
> >> Canadian
> >> friend to cash it for me.  Greg?  Gord?  Frank?  Wanna help?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Joy
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> :::-----Original Message-----
> >> :::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On
> >> Behalf
> >> :::Of misemefein
> >> :::Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 3:53 PM
> >> :::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >> :::Subject: Canadian taxes
> >> :::
> >> :::The Canadian federal government shops out GST tax rebates to a private
> >> :::company called Premier Tax Free.  Any foreigners visiting Canada with
> >> :::the intention of reclaiming their eligible tax should visit the web
> >> :::site before leaving:
> >> :::
> >> :::   http://www.premiertaxfree.ca/
> >> :::
> >> :::The mail service is very slow.  We filed for rebates for a trip to
> >> :::Quebec on August 24; the check arrived just before Christmas.  Out of
> >> a
> >> :::retail amount of about $750, we got $20 back.  Premier Tax Free takes
> >> a
> >> :::healthy 18% service charge off every claim, besides whatever they're
> >> :::making off their contract with the government.
> >> :::
> >> :::Some of you may decide it's not worth it. . . .
> >> :::
> >> :::Perhaps you can do better if you cash in your receipts at the border.
> >> :::Be sure you use a border crossing that is prepared to handle such
> >> :::things!
> >> :::
> >> :::Good luck with the trip.  It sounds fabulous.
> >> :::
> >> :::Ellen
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jake
> > 1984 Vanagon GL
> > 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
> > www.crescentbeachguitar.com
>