Bud Fox

correct

CanuckGT4

In BC, there is a tax exemption if the following conditions are met. Probably similar to other jurisdictions.

Gifts to Related Individuals
If you receive a vehicle as a gift, you are exempt from paying PST on the vehicle if the person
who gave you the vehicle (the donor) is a related individual to you and the donor:
 paid an applicable tax or another province’s sales tax on the purchase of the vehicle and
has not received and is not eligible for a refund, credit or rebate of that tax, including input
tax credits,
 was exempt from PST, TDP or SST that would have otherwise been payable, or
 received the vehicle as a gift in BC prior to April 1, 2013.
Note: Only one gift of a specific vehicle between related individuals is eligible for exemption in
a 12-month period. PST will apply to any future gifts of that vehicle within 12 months. The only
exception is if a gift vehicle is gifted back from the recipient to the donor.
A related individual is:
 a person’s spouse (legally married or living for a continuous period of at least 2 years with
another person in a marriage-like relationship), child, grandchild, great grandchild, parent,
grandparent, great grandparent, or sibling,
 the spouse of a person's child, grandchild or great grandchild, or
 the child, parent, grandparent or great grandparent of a person's spouse.

.2PDK

Really? I've bought numerous 911s there and never had to sign one.

Does it only apply to new?

ibopm

SA is proposing to add both my and my father's name to the licensing for the car. I wonder if this would affect anything?

I asked him to just carve out an exception for family transfer. Let's see what he says.

westcoastj

You already have a purchase agreement? I'd refuse to sign it if that's the case.

ibopm

Yeah the car is literally being built right now. It's in stage 2 of 4 on My Porsche.

theiceman

Id be interested in MOABs view on this . But i would think if you already have a signed agreement its a contract. If they refuse to give you the car I might threaten to sue for breach of contract.

I would think legally they dont have a leg to stand on, and its more like intimidation. Or Porsche/dealership offers some kind of cash incentive to every one that gets signed for the S/A .

the S/A will yell you anything to get that thing signed .

ekam

Has anyone brought this up to Porsche Canada? I wonder what they have to say.

.2PDK

"Pound sand" is my guess...

moab

yes, I commented on this above. They can't unilaterally impose new terms on you after you have signed the contract. Even if they have provided some wiggle room in the fine print of the existing contract to allow them the ability to amend in this way, I would say very very unlikely a court would upoholdit. As much as the legal system is a joke at times, courts do tend to look out for the consumer more times than not.

petee_c

Politcaro BMW has a clause in their sales contracts that says "A registered lien will be held for 1yr on all cash purchases of x3,x4,x5,x6 & x7 models".... maybe its to stem grey market vehicles....

Bud Fox

@ibopm should pm @moab the agreement with personal info redacted, then we can get a clearer opinion/picture of the current dealer raping landscape

moab

yes good idea. I can tell the Law Society this constitutes my pro bono work for the year. Helping aggrieved Porsche owners

Loess

I could maybe see signing a right of first refusal but I would take a bus before I would let someone lien my car unless it's financed or leased by them directly.

I don't believe Porsche Canada is requiring this. I think most of this is coming from dealers who have too many cars in China or the Middle East. They get a warning and were likely told to better vet their clients and they've come up with these great ideas to get trades coming back. If you ask PCL they will probably cop out and give you the standard line that it's between you and the independent dealer.

On the other hand if these cars keep going overseas, we will get less cars in the future and/or they will be priced directly against the US dollar or Euro.

ibopm

I've sent Moab my email. Will shoot it over once he sends me his contact.