Anyone ever heard of a tax-exempt status code on the customs tag for silver bullion when shipping to

RNCHSN

I have a Canadian customer who requested I use a silver bullion tax-exempt code on the customs tag when I ship his coins.

I've been mailing to Canada for years and never heard of this.

Does anyone else have any knowledge of this?

He sent me a link to the "Canadian government site" that defines this exemption, but all I get is a blank page.

link he provided

TAClough

link opens up with Adobe reader 7.0

RNCHSN

that must be the problem. Adobe tends to lock up my computer, and I have version 6.0.

TwoSides2aCoin

Ron, if you've been sending for years without this tag, I would continue and let him absorb any costs for your declaration of goods on customs tags that may or not be imposed a tax in order for him to receive them. The other alternative would be to put the coins into an album of sorts and call the shipment a "book", thus taking the merchandise into a different category on the customs form at the post office. Otherwise, if you want to grow globally, it would be a good idea to learn and do as your customer asks because without this exemption, I am just about certain he has to pay a hefty tax/duty on the items.

My girlfriend is in Canada and she gets hairclips that cost her a tax when shipped from China. She said it is not cheap. I told her to shave her head. She didn't think that was funny.

Joe

Deadhorse

I'm still using version 5.0 and it works fine for me.

I simply won't ship outside the US anymore. Since 9/11 things have changed in every aspect. I had a package of coins confiscated and was sent a warning letter that further such transactions could result in my arrest for tax evasion.

Customs will open, destroy, hold for 90 days and then ship you a ruined product when ordering from outside the US.

They've destroyed two very rare and valuable antique tube radios for me. The $$ lost was bad enough, the destruction of the radios was heartbreaking.

I used to order prescription drugs from Canada as well. The last order was a couple of years ago and I got my package, empty with a letter telling me that I could claim my property within 10 days, at which point I would be arrested and put on trial with possible penalties of 5 years in jail and a 20K fine. If I did not respond in 10 days, they would keep my prescription.

Gotta love the morons in charge of the borders these days!!