-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Smith <eric_at_brouhaha.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Saturday, November 13, 1999 5:10 PM
Subject: Re: Whoohoo! Fortune Telling...
>"John B" <dylanb_at_sympatico.ca> wrote:
>> No Duty. I move machines from the US to Canada and Canada to the US.. You
>> pay DEPENDING on how honest you are.
>>
>> You may have to pay State tax on the purchase price when bringing it
across
>> the border. Be sure to say it is for your PERSONAL hobby. Get a receipt
from
>> the place you are purchasing the mini from.
>
>Is there a problem if I am getting the machine for free? Should I pay
>$1 for it instead, and get a receipt for that amount?
>
NO WAY.
At 5-7% tax put a REALISTIC "junk" value on it.. If they think you are BSing
them they will pull out a book and find out what the REPLACEMENT value is..
I was at the border once with a load of minis (early 80s).. when these
things were still considered worth money... Worse off I got lost and had
hives everywhere and was throwing up (from one of *your* donut shops).. I
had a receipt for $25.. he guy did not believe I paid that for them. He
wanted me to unload the truck and he was going to *value* the equipment.
While throwing up beside him I invoked my right to be "refused" entry to the
country and be turned back with my load. I called for some help (as I was
getting sicker).. Drove to a friends place and got a new receipt for $300.
(went to another border bridge)
(the tax difference would have been $21... hardly worth it.)
Put a value of a couple hundred bucks and pay $12 in taxes....
john
http://www.pdp8.com/
Received on Sat Nov 13 1999 - 15:45:33 GMT