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it is 980 - 21%vat = 855 euro and then you take of the 125 euro (or $180)
people outside europe get 21% vat discount (besides the $180 discount)
several people here bought their pista from championhelmets for this reason
 
ravensix said:
So it would be like.. 855-125 = 730 euro + additional 21% off ontop of that?
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no this is what you pay for the pistagp project 46: 980 - 125 (coupon code discount) = 855 - 21%vat = 675,45 euro (or 971 CAD)
obviously CAD depend on the daily eur>cad currency rate, but you can see the price in CAD as well, http://www.championhelmets.com/en/agv-pista-gp-project-46-valentino-rossi-carbon.html

the vat is deing deducted at the check-out process (after you fill in the addres details, the system automatically takes off the vat if you live outside europe)
 
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S1000RR said:
no this is what you pay for the pistagp project 46: 980 - 125 (coupon code discount) = 855 - 21%vat = 675,45 euro (or 971 CAD)
obviously CAD depend on the daily eur>cad currency rate, but you can see the price in CAD as well, http://www.championhelmets.com/en/agv-pista-gp-project-46-valentino-rossi-carbon.html

the vat is deing deducted at the check-out process (after you fill in the addres details, the system automatically takes off the vat if you live outside europe)
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You still have to pay Tax and Duties. It'll be close to $1200 to your door with 8.5% duties and 13% HST.
 
lator-illa said:
You still have to pay Tax and Duties. It'll be close to $1200 to your door with 8.5% duties and 13% HST.
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Not if you kindly ask them to adjust the value on the shipping documents, if a seller puts a low value on the shipping documents there are no duties or additional costs, ask the other guys here that bought it. so CAD 971 is the total price
 
S1000RR said:
Not if you kindly ask them to adjust the value on the shipping documents, if a seller puts a low value on the shipping documents there are no duties or additional costs, ask the other guys here that bought it. so CAD 971 is the total price
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This is what confuses me. Because this helmet is not manufactured in North America, do you not have to pay tax on the Canadian Equivalent of the item? I know with duties, it's always a guessing game when you have to pay but I was always under the impression that you always pay HST.

Anytime I order from a European retailer, I always calculate my items this way and I seem to be spot on, if not pretty close to the calculated CAD amount.

Let's take leather pants for example worth 200 euros:

200 x 1.45 (euro to cad) = $290
290 x 1.18 (duties) = 342.20
342.20 x 1.13 = $386.69 to your door.

Even if you request for a lower value on the docs, do you not get dinged on the duties and taxes on that value?
 
lator-illa said:
This is what confuses me. Because this helmet is not manufactured in North America, do you not have to pay tax on the Canadian Equivalent of the item? I know with duties, it's always a guessing game when you have to pay but I was always under the impression that you always pay HST.

Anytime I order from a European retailer, I always calculate my items this way and I seem to be spot on, if not pretty close to the calculated CAD amount.

Let's take leather pants for example worth 200 euros:

200 x 1.45 (euro to cad) = $290
290 x 1.18 (duties) = 342.20
342.20 x 1.13 = $386.69 to your door.

Even if you request for a lower value on the docs, do you not get dinged on the duties and taxes on that value?
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No, what I understand is if the value is under a certain amount (let's say 250$) there are no/barely any duties. Customs base their duties calculation on the shipping documents. Obviously to a certain credible degree, you can play with this if your seller helps you out. When you buy from european retailers did they actually put a low value on the shipping docs, if so how low was the value? I think it depends a lot on that value if get charged (significant) duties
 
Importing is a crapshoot. Use regular trackable post shipping to increase your chances of not paying taxes.
 
Matt Rain said:
Importing is a crapshoot. Use regular trackable post shipping to increase your chances of not paying taxes.
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trackable post shipping such as?

The place I order from uses FEDEX and it never fails, I always get hit with duties and taxes.
 
lator-illa said:
The place I order from uses FEDEX and it never fails, I always get hit with duties and taxes.
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That's what I mean. Private couriers will always gouge you.

I got my new MRA windshield from a seller in Lithuania. He used regular Lithuania post airmail and sent me a tracking number. I didn't have to pay anything.

I'd say 40-50% of the time it gets stopped at customs and you have to pay sales tax.
 
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