Questions about duty and taxes....

[spyguy]

how do customs add up their taxes for shipping car parts from the states to canada....what percentage of duty? plus gst of course...anything else?

[Clem]

about 8.5 % I think

[spyguy]

Originally posted by Clem
about 8.5 % I think

so 8.5 % and then 7 % for gst...anything else? i know not to ship ups because of brokage....does fedex or those guys have brokage?

[kenny]

Everytime I ship stuff with Fedex, no matter how large, all I ever pay is 7% GST on the declared value, and yes like you said, avoid UPS, they suck and tend to break things and on top of that, charge an arm and a leg on brokerage fees.

[spyguy]

Originally posted by kenny
Everytime I ship stuff with Fedex, no matter how large, all I ever pay is 7% GST on the declared value, and yes like you said, avoid UPS, they suck and tend to break things and on top of that, charge an arm and a leg on brokerage fees.

ok...how much are your items usually worth?

[kenny]

I haven't shipped anything major over the border, most was probably ~$800usd worth of stuff, mostly electronics and other computer hardware.

[max_boost]

I recommend FedEx over UPS as well.

If you do use UPS you have to call canada customs and tell them what you are getting shipped and they'll tell you how much duties/taxes you have to pay etc.

[spyguy]

thanks guys!

[Clem]

No I think it's 8.5% including GST