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1. Letter weight is 3 oz. Declared value of the stamps is $200 or something similar. What would be my cost?
2. What would be the tax paid by the Canadian recipient for such amount?
If you have your example(s), please, share it.
Thanks, Virgil
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As far as i know there is no duty tax on stamps for collector between US and Canada. But, there might be a sales tax to pay by your Canadian receiver. Usually anything of $20 or less just go thru the system easily. Anything up to $50 might or might not pas thru freely. At a $200 declared value, it will most likely be intercepted and charged with PST and GST from 5% to 15% total depending on the province. You can help your client by checking the gift box on the form, this way the first $60 will be exempted. Or you can declare a much lower value but in this case you wont be able to insure the shipment for its real value. And finaly there is always a chance that the envelope just go thru the system like butter and no one pays anything.
Please note that i,m not an expert but this is what i have experiment so far with my buying from the U.S.A.
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I wonder this as well. I've recently had a business sized envelope with $500 declared on the customs declaration. They came with no extra charges. I was indubitably impressed that I didn't have to pay anything extra.
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07:42:34pm
Did somebody send a letter with stamps to Canada, filling USPS Customs Declaration #2976? I would like to determine two things:
1. Letter weight is 3 oz. Declared value of the stamps is $200 or something similar. What would be my cost?
2. What would be the tax paid by the Canadian recipient for such amount?
If you have your example(s), please, share it.
Thanks, Virgil
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10:35:56pm
re: USPS cost and Canadian Customs
As far as i know there is no duty tax on stamps for collector between US and Canada. But, there might be a sales tax to pay by your Canadian receiver. Usually anything of $20 or less just go thru the system easily. Anything up to $50 might or might not pas thru freely. At a $200 declared value, it will most likely be intercepted and charged with PST and GST from 5% to 15% total depending on the province. You can help your client by checking the gift box on the form, this way the first $60 will be exempted. Or you can declare a much lower value but in this case you wont be able to insure the shipment for its real value. And finaly there is always a chance that the envelope just go thru the system like butter and no one pays anything.
Please note that i,m not an expert but this is what i have experiment so far with my buying from the U.S.A.
Alfred
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re: USPS cost and Canadian Customs
I wonder this as well. I've recently had a business sized envelope with $500 declared on the customs declaration. They came with no extra charges. I was indubitably impressed that I didn't have to pay anything extra.
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