Blue:


The CBSA forms require that they collect taxes on the declared value for insurance, or retail, whichever is greater. Once upon a time you just checked the "warranty work" check box on the forms, and all was fine. Not so anymore. They will collect the full taxes from you regardless now, and require you to submit a lengthy and obscure paper trail to get those taxes back. As an importer, they've now made it even harder, as they're beginning to deny fully legitimate claims due to "not enough proof that actual warranty work was involved". The only way to ship it for warranty work state-side without paying taxes again is going the no-insurance-route and declaring the value to be under $25 (you can probably see why I'm concerned by such an option) on the return leg of the trip. That, or properly insure the parcel, and take your gamble CBSA will eventually pay you back the taxes you paid a second time...