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Amgine · 07-07-2009, 19:50

Paying the sales tax at Customs was actually quite painless, other than my US bank assuming that the Gov't of Canada was trying to fraudulently charge my account. The funny thing is, the officer I got actually tried to suggest that, as I wasn't a Canadian and didn't have landed status, and it was a US boat, I could probably get away with just going back to the States every few months - exactly what I had been doing.

Anyway, I paid them the money, the boat is now imported to Canada. The difficulty now is figuring out how to get it registered in BC, and finding out if there's anything akin to Coast Guard documentation. Then on to finding out how the insurance program works here.

I have to mention that after the tough guy phone conversation I was sweating the interview. But the officers were friendly and helpful, pointed out some things I could do to keep the taxes as low as legitimately possible, and generally were the sort of folks I'd offer a drink if they dropped the hook in the same anchorage as me. All told, excluding the phone arguments with my bank, it took far less time than the ear-chewing I got when I cleared in.

07-07-2009, 19:50	#5
Amgine Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Vancouver BC Posts: 1,256	Situation so far Paying the sales tax at Customs was actually quite painless, other than my US bank assuming that the Gov't of Canada was trying to fraudulently charge my account. The funny thing is, the officer I got actually tried to suggest that, as I wasn't a Canadian and didn't have landed status, and it was a US boat, I could probably get away with just going back to the States every few months - exactly what I had been doing. Anyway, I paid them the money, the boat is now imported to Canada. The difficulty now is figuring out how to get it registered in BC, and finding out if there's anything akin to Coast Guard documentation. Then on to finding out how the insurance program works here. I have to mention that after the tough guy phone conversation I was sweating the interview. But the officers were friendly and helpful, pointed out some things I could do to keep the taxes as low as legitimately possible, and generally were the sort of folks I'd offer a drink if they dropped the hook in the same anchorage as me. All told, excluding the phone arguments with my bank, it took far less time than the ear-chewing I got when I cleared in. __________________ Amgine Blog On the internet, nobody knows you're a dog anchored in a coral atoll.