Klarinet Archive - Posting 000233.txt from 2003/05

From: "Albert Nemiroff" <anemiroff@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Importing Clarinet
Date: Sat, 10 May 2003 17:50:42 -0400

What happens in regard to fees and taxes when a musician, other performer,
or other professional/tradesman transports equipment required to render a
service when crossing the border?
Al

Subject: Importing Clarinet
> Dan,
Citizens and business on both sides suffer endlessly. .... your bassethorn
problem is absolutely nothing compared to the
> cross-border crap I've experienced. Consider yourself lucky!
Ed Maurey

> > I had to send my basset horn into Canada for repairs. Now keep in mind
> > that it was imported FROM Canada in the first place, and I had a
> > document to prove that it had been imported only about 45 days earlier,
> > and further that it was going back to Canada for warranty repairs.
> >
> > Nothing mattered. I got a call from Canadian customs and they wanted to
> > slap a $25 import fee on me. I protested, filled out some forms,
> > answered some questions, and the import fee into Canada was cancelled.
> >
> > But when it came back into the US from Canada, I got hit with an import
> > duty that I was obliged to pay. Complaints to the US Customs were
> ignored.
> >
> > Dan Leeson
> >
> > Robert MacMillan wrote: Does anyone know if there is import duty applied
to Clarinets imported
> into Canada from the United States?

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