I can't speak to whether it applies to Canadian residents but I know that in Washington State you can avoid sales tax at the time of purchase by showing your out of State ID.

Mark in AK

----- Original Message -----
From: Christopher Gronski <gronski@GMAIL.COM>
Date: Thursday, January 11, 2007 3:03 pm
Subject: Re: Canadian taxes
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM

> Is there anything like this for Canadian's buying stuff in the US for
> them to recover US State taxes?
>
> Chris
>
> On 1/10/07, misemefein <misemefein@mac.com> wrote:
> > 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
> >
>