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Re: Toronto Sales Tax? *LINK*
In Response To: Toronto Sales Tax? ()

: All the better Non Authorized Omega Resellers
: do this;

: "offer their own 2 year warranty and they
: send their Omega watches to the Omega
: Service centre for repair under their own
: warranty."

: Getting discounts down to 40% off list is
: pretty standard for cash. If the discount is
: more than 50% off list I suspect that may be
: a display model.

: Now I have a question for you;

: I'm coming from NYC to Toronto in a few weeks.
: Is there any sort of VAT or Sales Tax up
: there? I may buy cash & carry from these
: guys.

: I'm not concerned about US Customs. They are
: too worried about terrorists, or plant &
: animal contaminents to duty my new watch...

There is a 15% tax (8% ontario and 7% GST) but US citizens can get the 7% GST back

there are a few links u can go look at regarding the US Citizen GST rebates

here's one and best wishes ....... let us know how you make out ........

http://www.canadasalestaxrefunds.com/

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