Duty Free from US to Canada?

Did that company write 'medical device' on the package?

I recently got a mask from a forum member and have gotten packages from cpap.com....never have I had any duty or taxes.
There is no duty or tax on medical equipment. Whomever you bought the items from didn't put a customs declaration on the box stating it was medical equipment. All you have to do is call customs and they will tell you there is no duty as long as it is stated its medical equipment.

renesia wrote:hello everyone, the canadian customs are taxing medical cpap mask now! I got taxed for the whole amount including shipping. $ 31.50 therefore I am sending a dispute form back to claim my money, but it is written that what ever the outcome there is a 10-12 dollars of processing fee. ( What a cheat ).

Is it possible that you've confused a brokerage fee charged by UPS with a tax by Canada Customs? UPS charges outrageous brokerage fees. (so do other couriers, too!)

Whenever possible, have US orders delivered to your Canadian address using US Postal Service and Canada Post. If I recall correctly, cpap.com uses a courier to get packages to the border, and then uses the postal service for delivery for the rest of the way to your door. This avoids the brokerage fees charged by the courier companies.

Hang on a sec. Whatever happened to NAFTA? I thought NAFTA eliminated import barriers like duty between Mexico, U.S. and Canadia** since 1994. How are you paying duty on imports? And isn't your GST only on domestic products? There should be no duty period. Not just on medical devices.

** and, yes, it's Canadia. If Cambodians live in Cambodia, and Columbians live in Columbia, then Canadians must live in Canadia.
You folks have been spelling the name of your country wrong for generations!

Hose_Head wrote:

renesia wrote:hello everyone, the canadian customs are taxing medical cpap mask now! I got taxed for the whole amount including shipping. $ 31.50 therefore I am sending a dispute form back to claim my money, but it is written that what ever the outcome there is a 10-12 dollars of processing fee. ( What a cheat ).

Is it possible that you've confused a brokerage fee charged by UPS with a tax by Canada Customs? UPS charges outrageous brokerage fees. (so do other couriers, too!)

Whenever possible, have US orders delivered to your Canadian address using US Postal Service and Canada Post. If I recall correctly, cpap.com uses a courier to get packages to the border, and then uses the postal service for delivery for the rest of the way to your door. This avoids the brokerage fees charged by the courier companies.

Only products manufactured in the US or Mexico are applicable to NAFTA and therefore duty free.

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chunkyfrog wrote:You just responded to a 5-month old post.
Don't be embarrassed. Most of us have done it.
It might be the OSA brain-mush syndrome. You'll get better.

You're assuming that once people stop exchanging in this thread, the thread becomes obsolete.
Correct information is never obsolete.
I guess I should have started a new thread with my previous comment and no context.

Xfimpg wrote:

chunkyfrog wrote:You just responded to a 5-month old post.
Don't be embarrassed. Most of us have done it.
It might be the OSA brain-mush syndrome. You'll get better.

You're assuming that once people stop exchanging in this thread, the thread becomes obsolete.
Correct information is never obsolete.
I guess I should have started a new thread with my previous comment and no context.

Then why randomly pick a thread from 6 months ago? There was a thread on ordering from Canada only last week.
Besides it takes one line to add the context.

BlackSpinner wrote:

Xfimpg wrote:

chunkyfrog wrote:You just responded to a 5-month old post.
Don't be embarrassed. Most of us have done it.
It might be the OSA brain-mush syndrome. You'll get better.

You're assuming that once people stop exchanging in this thread, the thread becomes obsolete.
Correct information is never obsolete.
I guess I should have started a new thread with my previous comment and no context.

Then why randomly pick a thread from 6 months ago? There was a thread on ordering from Canada only last week.
Besides it takes one line to add the context.

I randomly picked this thread to respond? Is that a serious question? Are you short of oxygen?
It only takes one line to add context? Really? Are you new to using Forums? I think you are.

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We want to bring new oxygen equipment and a portable scooter back to Canada from Bellingham, WA
They are needed as medical equipment for day to day living. Will we need to pay taxes?

donjsillars@gmail.com wrote:We want to bring new oxygen equipment and a portable scooter back to Canada from Bellingham, WA
They are needed as medical equipment for day to day living. Will we need to pay taxes?

You will need to check with Canadian customs.

You may not pay 'taxes' (never heard of paying tax in the context) but you could incur customs fees. Do try to get someone there (doctor) to write "medical device" on the 02 stuff (or even the scooter if it applies), but that alone may not mean you don't have to pay something.

donjsillars@gmail.com wrote:We want to bring new oxygen equipment and a portable scooter back to Canada from Bellingham, WA
They are needed as medical equipment for day to day living. Will we need to pay taxes?

No customs duty is charged on items being brought in for personal use.

See: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/travel-voyag ... t-eng.html and then click on the link for the Customs Tariff if you want to see that medical equipment is free of duty. (Search the document for "breathing" to find the listing; they don't use the term "cpap")

You may be subject to GST and PST, though; click on the tab for Duty and Taxes Estimator at the above link for more information.

Jean