Recall letters for RIV: interesting
07-05-2013, 09:56 PM
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Just brought over a 2005 235 convertible yesterday. Just made my RIV payment online and got an email saying my form was ready to download to take to Canadian Tire for the inspection. No recall letter was submitted, or, apparently, required. Very strange - first time it's ever happened to me. I've got the letter here in the folder, and was planning on faxing it to them. It's easy with BMW because you can get recall info from their website - maybe RIV is "plugged in" to their database and can see there are no open recalls. Either way, it's one less hassle in the importation of cars!
07-06-2013, 11:40 AM
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I recently imported 2 Porsches when I moved back to Canada and they never required the letters. They only asked for the trailex trailer (recall letter) that I brought back.
07-09-2013, 02:08 PM
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So if you wanted to bring it in as a track car for DEs, and never plate it, you'd have to drive it here with the original US plates, cross the border without telling them the car is staying in Canada, then complete the sale here and just never tell MTO about it. I think the only legally questionable part of that is crossing the border under somewhat false pretenses. Aside from that, it would be the same as selling anything else - MTO only needs to know about it if you're going to drive it on public roads.
So if you wanted to bring it in as a track car for DEs, and never plate it, you'd have to drive it here with the original US plates, cross the border without telling them the car is staying in Canada, then complete the sale here and just never tell MTO about it. I think the only legally questionable part of that is crossing the border under somewhat false pretenses. Aside from that, it would be the same as selling anything else - MTO only needs to know about it if you're going to drive it on public roads.
07-09-2013, 04:04 PM
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Race Car
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Hmm, good point. My suggestion would be the same as buying something from someone across town on kijiji, which you normally wouldn't pay tax on, even on an expensive item. Say for example you bought a grand piano for $20,000 on kijiji. You'd probably pay for it by cash, draft or transfer, in which case neither party would collect or remit taxes, most likely. From a quick google search, I'm pretty sure the seller is expected to collect and remit HST, but nobody ever does, and I've never heard of anyone getting penalized for it. So I wouldn't be too concerned about it.
disclaimer: blah blah blah might end up in jail blah blah
disclaimer: blah blah blah might end up in jail blah blah
07-09-2013, 04:13 PM
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Three Wheelin'
If goods and services sold are less than $30,000 per year, you are exempt from collecting/remiting HST/GST. And this is normally in the course of business. Buying and selling personal use property, falls out of scope.
So no jail time, if I remember my Income Tax Act correctly.
So no jail time, if I remember my Income Tax Act correctly.
07-09-2013, 04:58 PM
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I'll be bringing in another 996 in the next week. We'll see if RIV will eventually be asking for the recall letter. Wpuld be nice if they didn't.