[Jewelry making - Article 01060] - Re: [Orchid] Tools import to Canada

[Brigid Ryder]

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    Hi David I guess the first question is: what findings are you looking
    for?  How exotic are they?  Places in Vancouver have a reasonable
    assortment of basic findings (i.e..  Lacywest {www.lacywest.com} ,
    Habsons {www.habsons.com} , Page and Wilson {www.pwltd.com}) and if
    you can't get to Van shipping by mail or courier isn't a problem.   I
    have only once ordered from Rio Grande and it was fairly straight
    forward.  They have a customs broker in Canada that deals with the
    shipment.  I do remember Customs forms but I don't have them at hand.
     I think it was just necessary to pay the applicable GST. There was
    also a document dealing with NAFTA which I think was that it was
    covered under the agreement and no additional charges were added on.
     This is from memory so don't quote me. 

    Your concerns about Revenue Canada, are they about ordering locally
    or from the US?  If you are looking to expand, it isn't a bad idea to
    get a GST and PST number.  It is not necessary to get GST number if
    you figure you will not be selling more than $30, 000 worth of goods
    a year.  The bonus is that you can also claim the GST you pay out on
    equipment and materials you purchase and get that rebated.  The down
    side is that you must also charge your customers GST and set up books
    to keep track of GST paid and collected. If you are not doing a large
    volume the GST forms can be filled in quarterly. 

    A PST number will allow you to pay the wholesale price on purchases
    and some places won't deal with you if you don't have one.  Or you
    will pay their retail prices and have to include that higher price in
    your mark up. Again you probably need to set up bookkeeping to keep
    track of PST collected and of course charge it to your customers (my
    assumption is that you are retailing not wholesaling your work).  You
    could check with Revenue Canada directly or with the Ministry of
    Provincial Revenue -Consumer Taxation Branch for the PST. Community
    Futures is another place that has small business info and may have
    some of the GST/PST info. 

Hope this helps
Brigid Ryder


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