[Healeys] buying a car in Canada????????
RCT2BNC at aol.com
RCT2BNC at aol.com
Mon Oct 25 15:57:29 MDT 2010
Hi Ray,
In 2002 I purchased my AC Ace in Victoria British Columbia, What I did not
know was that since the car had never been registered in the US, I had to
pay a federal excise tax to import the car. My car was at the border
crossing to I-5 from Canada, my truck from Passport was on the US side and the
restorer was not allowed to deliver it. I finally was assigned an "agent" that
would do this transaction at the port of entry over the phone with my
credit card. It was many thousands of dollars!!!
Then, 2 years later the State of Arizona billed me for a state import tax
for a motor vehicle that was purchased out of the US.
Be prepared. Costs were based on the selling price of the car not a book
value.
Ben Cohen
Tucson
BN1, BN7, BJ8, Bugeyes and oh, yeah, a 1959 AC Ace
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