Yeah well this might be a bit off topic but I'll tell you what - in Michigan
there is a Michigan Use Tax - It is a companion tax to the sales tax.
Esentially anything you purchase out of state you are supposed to pay this
use tax. My sister had a guitar hand made for her man a few years ago. Well,
to make a long story short a few months after they received it she received
a tax bill from the state of Michigan for $360.00 because the item is being
used in Michigan. What a farse.

On 1/12/07, Mark Tuovinen <mst@ak.net> wrote:
>
> 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
> > >
> >
>

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Thanks,

Jeff
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85' GL (sidelined but to be resurrected in the near future)