Declaring Value of Bike during registration at Service Ontario

I guess you know everything.
Until the day you get caught.
Then you get fined thousands of dollars and three years later you still don't have a plate for your bike.

The question as always is and should be,
Are the immediate benefits worth the risk of the long term dangers?

Stop the FUD. God damn it.

Do you even know what hst is for? Its only collectable by business.
 
Stop the FUD. God damn it.

Do you even know what hst is for? Its only collectable by business.

When there is a private sale of a vehicle that requires registration with the government, the Ministry of Transportation collects the HST (that's right the HST) based on the selling price.

If you don't want to pay the tax, that's fine. I don't know anyone who WANTS to pay tax.
But remember that you are breaking the law.
The penalties if you are caught are in the thousands. Far more than the average few hundred you might have paid in tax.

There is no need to get personal in your counter points to mine. Surely we can have a discussion without calling each other names.
 
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When there is a private sale of a vehicle that requires registration with the government, the Ministry of Transportation collects the HST (that's right the HST) based on the selling price.
The fact you are offering an opinion on this topic and you don't even know that much speaks volumes.

Don't assume what i do or don't know. The government collect hst on vehicle registration isn't the same as collecting hst on every private trade. FYI i know alot more about cra works then you might think
 
Provide the amount the seller and buyer agreed on, if the amount is way below what the bike actually cost so be it, each the seller and buyer will get a letter asking for the price they agreed on, toss the letter in the garbage, life is good!
 
Don't assume what i do or don't know. The government collect hst on vehicle registration isn't the same as collecting hst on every private trade. FYI i know alot more about cra works then you might think



Seeing how HST is provincial Ministry of Finance and CRA is federal income tax... I guess we can INFER how much you know about sales tax.

In a TRADE of vehicles between PRIVATE parties sales tax is due on the VALUE, not necessarily the price, of BOTH vehicles. Meaning you and your buddy TRADE bikes VALUED at $1000, you both pay $130 in sales tax, or you buy a bike VALUED at $1000 for $1, there is $130 of sales tax due the provincial government.

You don't tax on a trade at a dealer because dealers, at least OMVIC dealers, are sales tax except.
 
Seeing how HST is provincial Ministry of Finance and CRA is federal income tax... I guess we can INFER how much you know about sales tax.

In a TRADE of vehicles between PRIVATE parties sales tax is due on the VALUE, not necessarily the price, of BOTH vehicles. Meaning you and your buddy TRADE bikes VALUED at $1000, you both pay $130 in sales tax, or you buy a bike VALUED at $1000 for $1, there is $130 of sales tax due the provincial government.

You don't tax on a trade at a dealer because dealers, at least OMVIC dealers, are sales tax except.

Read my other post regarding barter transaction. I know more about this than you think.

Also im not arguing about private vehicle trades. If you jump into a debate atleast have a clue. Do you pay hst on a used laptop in private trade?

Apparently that poster spread FUD like that.
 
I have read your posts and they are filled with astonishingly bad advice.
However, as you feel you have superior knowledge in this area keep going by all means.
 
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I have read your posts and they are filled with astonishingly bad advice.
However, as you feel you have superior knowledge in this area keep going by all means.

Which advice might that be?

Dont assume. Just point it out. You on the other hands only spread FUD, hope you know what FUD stands for.
 
Which advice might that be?

Dont assume. Just point it out. You on the other hands only spread FUD, hope you know what FUD stands for.

Let's start with your anal attachment to the term FUD
Next, your comparison to a motor vehicle sale or barter to that of a laptop computer.
There is no need to register the ownership of a computer, so the government has no way of knowing about the transaction, ergo no way of charging tax.
I think you have succeeded in avoiding tax on the sale of motorcycles on a couple of occasions and now you think you are some sort of expert.
Perhaps you are, but I shall continue with my approach if you don't mind and I will continue to advise it.
The other members of the forum are free to choose which path to take.
 
Let's start with your anal attachment to the term FUD
Next, your comparison to a motor vehicle sale or barter to that of a laptop computer.
There is no need to register the ownership of a computer, so the government has no way of knowing about the transaction, ergo no way of charging tax.
I think you have succeeded in avoiding tax on the sale of motorcycles on a couple of occasions and now you think you are some sort of expert.
Perhaps you are, but I shall continue with my approach if you don't mind and I will continue to advise it.
The other members of the forum are free to choose which path to take.

Wow you're a twisted head.
First calling FUD is NOT an advice.

Second I'm not comparing vehicle sale to a laptop sale. I'm using it as an example to show you're ridiculus for saying ...... "Technically you have to pay tax on that $5000 manual. "

Lastly you continue to assume what i know what i did and what i "advise".

I would stop making myself look stupid if i were you.

So far your post contains nothing but FUD.

Who's business is it if you got a great deal on the bike and a crappy deal on the owners manual? 50$ for bike and 5000$ for the manual?

It is the government's business. Service Ontario is a revenue generating agency of the Province.
The people behind the counter are not stupid. The have seen every scam under the sun to avoid paying taxes.
If you are trying to pull a fast one and avoid ANY tax they will spot it right away. Among other things, they will refuse you a new plate.
Technically, the $5000 you paid for the manual is also taxable.
You may have done this in the past and the clerk was tired or hung over or lazy and you got away with it.

What do you do THIS time with an eager beaver behind the counter?

Always tell the truth, but just enough of the truth to acquire what you went there to get.

Re read your post again. Also why do you assume someone does what he said when he was only saying that to make a point....

$5000 manual? Really? You must be a star in any meetup you attain i bet.


So let me ask the question again..... What advices did i give in this thread?

I have read your posts and they are filled with astonishingly bad advice.
However, as you feel you have superior knowledge in this area keep going by all means.

Remember again.... Calling your post rubbish is not an advice.
 
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Talk to GEORGE AT CHIFOR RACING in Windsor, he's going to jail for trying to screw the MOT out of taxes... again.
Again? Really? Haha. First time was for curbsiding iirc
 
Me, I like the moral high ground.

To have such issues over a couple of hundred bucks?

Some of you can't afford to ride.
 
The moral high ground is always a safe place to be.

It isn't that they can't afford to ride or pay the tax it is that their helicopter parents have taught the self entitled special snowflakes that they are entitled to not pay their fair share, and that society owes them everything, while they need not contribute at all.

Me, I like the moral high ground.

To have such issues over a couple of hundred bucks?

Some of you can't afford to ride.
 
I usually just put down $500. Then again my bikes are old and the newest I own is 93.

I remember a while back I sold a bike and got a letter in the mail asking for info. Since the buyer was a bit of dick I decided to stick it to him and put on another $500 to the price that was paid. hahaha
 
The moral high ground is always a safe place to be.

It isn't that they can't afford to ride or pay the tax it is that their helicopter parents have taught the self entitled special snowflakes that they are entitled to not pay their fair share, and that society owes them everything, while they need not contribute at all.

Wow. Just wow.
 
I usually just put down $500. Then again my bikes are old and the newest I own is 93.

I remember a while back I sold a bike and got a letter in the mail asking for info. Since the buyer was a bit of dick I decided to stick it to him and put on another $500 to the price that was paid. hahaha

What a bad character you got there.

You admittedly under declared the tx value but you screwed others because they weren't nice to you.


Posting this publicly then laugh?.....:/
 
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The moral high ground is always a safe place to be.

It isn't that they can't afford to ride or pay the tax it is that their helicopter parents have taught the self entitled special snowflakes that they are entitled to not pay their fair share, and that society owes them everything, while they need not contribute at all.

B4 judging someone's parenting.... I think you should look at yourself first.

Oh right... The righteous pig is a saint.... I forgot about that..... I'm sorry.
 
I haven't bought a bike privately for a few years but I just bought a car privately. I submitted a bill of sale for about half of what the car sells for. The clerk showed me how her computer program determined what the absolutely lowest price for the cat was, and it was many thousands more than the bill of sale I submitted. So I guess they've got a system that monitors the "bluebook" value of cars and trucks, but not motorcycles? The number of motorcycles sold must be a small percentage of cars sales, so maybe it's not worth the cost of the appropriate software? Anyway that's my latest experience.
 
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