Buying a motorcycle from Ontario - Help!!

Don't pay the current owner anything in the way of taxes! Taxes if any will be collected by Quebec when you go to register the bike in that prov. Make sure the seller has the UVIP (used vehicle information pakage) that form will tell you how may owners the bike has had in Ont.,and if it has any current liens against it.
Make sure the VIN on the bike matches the VIN on the UVIP and the ownership. Have him sign the ownership portion and give it to you and you both can use the Bill of Sale on the last page of the UVIP to record the selling price and date of transaction . Take all of that to the Motor vehicles office in Quebec.
 
Be nice, pay the owner in cash (so you have no way to "back track" a transaction), and ask him to put $1 for sold price. Apparently there is no blue book value on motorcycles (someone correct me if I am wrong), don't give taxes, and he won't have to either (since you both agreed on 1 dollar, no paper trail).
 
Lynart said:
Be nice, pay the owner in cash (so you have no way to "back track" a transaction), and ask him to put $1 for sold price. Apparently there is no blue book value on motorcycles (someone correct me if I am wrong), don't give taxes, and he won't have to either (since you both agreed on 1 dollar, no paper trail).
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You are wrong. At least, in Ontario, if the ministry feels the price is incorrect, both seller and buyer will be contacted.

Besides, it is tax evasion. I don't understand how people condone putting such drastic examples of reduced purchase prices on "bills of sale." If you try that with importing a bike from the US you are in for a world of hurt.
 
There may be no "blue book" for values of bikes in Canada but the US has a "black book" and "NADA" guides they could use to get a ball park number for a value and add a percentage. Just make sure you and the seller are on the same page on selling price and hold firm.
 
Lynart said:
Be nice, pay the owner in cash (so you have no way to "back track" a transaction), and ask him to put $1 for sold price. Apparently there is no blue book value on motorcycles (someone correct me if I am wrong), don't give taxes, and he won't have to either (since you both agreed on 1 dollar, no paper trail).
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Quebec is not Ontario.
Calculating the Québec Sales Tax

The QST is 8.5%. It is based on the value of the vehicle, which is generally its selling price. However, the value of a vehicle cannot be less than that fixed under the law or by the Ministère du Revenu du Québec. This value is established according to:

  • the Guide d'évaluation Hebdo (light trucks and automobiles (Hebdo Mag Inc.)) for used passenger vehicles and small trucks;
  • the Livre Bleu des concessionnaires de motocyclettes canadiens (All Seasons Publication Limited) for used motorcycles;
  • the Livre Bleu des concessionnaires canadiens de VTT, motoneiges et motomarines (All Seasons Publication Limited) for all-terrain vehicles and snowmobiles.
Note:
If the vehicle no longer appears in the reference books above, other rules may apply. Contact the SAAQ before going to a service outlet.
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