Canadian Federal GST Tax Recovery

[Hiddenbay]

When I go to Canada I am charged a 6% Federal GST Tax by the resorts. I have been told that you can get this back from the Canadian Government if you are from the US.

Has anyone out there done this? If so how did you do it?

Thanks much.

[marine_man]

Yep, you can get it refunded.

Use this form: GST Rebate Form

All I did was fill out the form and mail it in with a copy of my lodging bill and got a refund a month or so later...

Pretty easy!

marine_man

[ozzie]

yep....stop at the duty free shop in Fort Francis everytime we come back and get our refund....

[Zaraspooks]

Not any more. Stopped to get our refund at the Duty Free in Fort Francis and a big sign on the door stated that as of 4/1/2007 they no longer refund the GST. They gave me a form to fill out and mail in and possibly get a 50% refund but I haven't filled that out and sent it in yet.

[Tman2]

My wife just told me the other day they are stopping the refund. I've got family in southern Ontario (by Niagara Falls) and it was nice to know we'd be getting a little back from the Gorge & Screw Tax (GST).

Tman

[Hiddenbay]

Do you know how many they have been refunding this tax?

[ozzie]

do you mean how long have they been doing this? to that i would say they have been doing as long as I have been going to Canada some 15+ years.....I remember stopping when I was little and wiating for my dad as everyone else in our party continued across the border!! I wonder why they stopped doing this at the duty free shop???? Does this mean we won't get the same amount back??

[Fishook]

We leave for Canada on June 8 and our Camp owner indicated the tax has been reinstated. Not knowing for sure, we will certainly look in to it before we head back. Got to stop at the Fort!

[Hiddenbay]

Sorry about the type O's. You are correct. I wanted to know how long this has been going on. We have never collected this tax back. Shame on us.

[superbee]

There is a new rebate coming into effect, but it does not have final approval yet. It will be called something different than GST rebate, but basically the same. The rebate of the GST is 1/2 of the 6% that you pay.

[marine_man]

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The rebate of the GST is 1/2 of the 6% that you pay.

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Doesn't this depend on what was taxed though? I'm pretty sure that I got 100% of the GST back on lodging last year...

marine_man

[superbee]

From my understanding under the new system, the rebate will only apply on packages. Not just lodging or one specific item. They have not defined exactly how it will be, there are still some gray areas that need to be addressed. I do believe that they only rebate 3%. As an outfitter I can rebate 1/2 the GST on the bill with a certain percentage of the trip down for deposit. The Gov. allowed this to cut down on paper work and for convenience to our customers.

[hawghunter001]

I just got back and the resort told us about it again and that if you have the receipts you can go back 3 years when you fill out the rebate form I do it every year and save the money for my next trip!