FAQ About Cross Border Shopping / CBSA

[kittypink]

What part of the term Personal Exemption is not clear to you?

Are you not allowed to get gifts for people? Isn't it sort of the same thing?

Don't tell me none of you every claimed stuff for other people. Like husband/BF declaring some part of his personal exemption meanwhile most of the purchases are his wife's/GF.

[crimsona]

To answer your exact question. It will only be a problem if they ask to see the invoices. If not, then you're home free.

No it's not legal and other people smuggling stuff aren't legally doing it either, but what other people has nothing to do with what goes on between you and the border officer at that exact moment.

[kittypink]

To answer your exact question. It will only be a problem if they ask to see the invoices. If not, then you're home free.

No it's not legal and other people smuggling stuff aren't legally doing it either, but what other people has nothing to do with what goes on between you and the border officer at that exact moment.

You guys are right. I googled to see what I'm not understanding.

You even have to pay taxes on gifts over $60, even though it falls under your own personal exemption.

[CSK'sMom]

Are you not allowed to get gifts for people? Isn't it sort of the same thing?

Don't tell me none of you every claimed stuff for other people. Like husband/BF declaring some part of his personal exemption meanwhile most of the purchases are his wife's/GF.

Nope. Even make my kids do their own declarations from age 16 and up..... Crossing the border is a privilege, not a right. When you figure that out you don't do stupid things that could haunt you for years to come....

[GTT1]

I once had a link to a Duty and tax estimator for liquor/wine in excess of allowance.

Cannot find it and have looked all through CBSA site but no luck finding the info.

Anyone have a link they can share?

[wowdoge]

I once had a link to a Duty and tax estimator for liquor/wine in excess of allowance.

Cannot find it and have looked all through CBSA site but no luck finding the info.

Anyone have a link they can share?

http://www.canadiandutycalculator.ca/

http://aacb.com/tools/winetax.asp

[GTT1]

http://www.canadiandutycalculator.ca/

http://aacb.com/tools/winetax.asp

Thanks

[brunes]

Going to cross-post a question I posted in another thread.

.. riddle me this... why on earth do you need to fill out a declaration card at the airport when you already do your declaration at the Nexus machine. How come the Nexus machine declaration is not enough. Doing those forms out in pen by hand is such an enormous PITA in this day and age. It's also a huge waste of money and resources duplicating a declaration you make electronically at the machine.

Furthermore, the fact you need to do a declaration in paper AT ALL is such a waste. Why can't I do my declaration online when I check in and have "nothing to declare" stamped on my boarding pass or something to that effect. Think of how many tens of of thousands of those forms are filled out daily in airports with "nothing to declare" - to what end? What happens to them all? The garbage that's what. What a huge waste of money, time, and resources.