Bike tariffs

[activpop]

I have my Griso for sale and have a Canadian MG enthusiast very much interested in it. He is in BC and the distance is very drivable for the pick up. He planned on trailering it. I would have to put the original muffler on for Canadian vehicle inspection...no biggy. Upon doing the research for the border crossing, he got the proper amounts for import duty and sales tax. The clincher was the $2350 he would have to pay for retaliatory tariffs. Bummer for him and me. In the past I purchased two bikes at different times from BC and brought them back across to the US. The crossing went very smoothly. Not so much anymore. It is a bummer that even private buyers are hit with this extra cost.

[LowRyter]

Since the new PM is visiting the White House today, maybe a deal will still go through? 

You'd think they would be looking for an off ramp for this disaster, otherwise lots of people are going to be hurt on both sides of the border.

[guzzigary]

Maybe he’ll have two bikes instead of thirty and they’ll cost a few dollars more….

 

 

[Chuck]

As nearly as I can cipher, Donnie Two Dolls Barbies will cost $50. Each.

[Tomchri]

Well worth it right .

Cheers Tom.

[audiomick]

47 minutes ago, Chuck said:

...Two Dolls Barbies will cost $50. Each.

 

17 minutes ago, Tomchri said:

Well worth it right .

 

Sorry, couldn't help myself. The title is visible. If you click on it, it's your own fault.

 

Edited 22 hours ago by audiomick

[activpop]

I've created a monster...

[p6x]

10 hours ago, activpop said:

I have my Griso for sale and have a Canadian MG enthusiast very much interested in it. He is in BC and the distance is very drivable for the pick up. He planned on trailering it. I would have to put the original muffler on for Canadian vehicle inspection...no biggy. Upon doing the research for the border crossing, he got the proper amounts for import duty and sales tax. The clincher was the $2350 he would have to pay for retaliatory tariffs. Bummer for him and me. In the past I purchased two bikes at different times from BC and brought them back across to the US. The crossing went very smoothly. Not so much anymore. It is a bummer that even private buyers are hit with this extra cost.

I am surprised!

In my mind, import tax is applied to new goods, based on the country of origin. Your motorcycle is not new, and its country of origin is Italy, not the USA. I feel strange that your Canadian buyer would need to pay import duty on used goods, made outside the USA.

Also, based on my own experience, if you have owned something for more than six months, you are exempted to pay duty, as it is considered your own property that you are bringing back.

When I came to the USA, I shipped a container from France of my own items, nothing new, but no motor vehicle. I did not have to pay any import duty. The import tax is applicable to new goods, and the import tax percentage is based from the country of origin.

What your buyer could do, I to purchase the motorcycle from you, and wait six months before getting it across the border. He can tell the Canadian authorities that he purchased it to tour the USA.

I checked the US import regulations for personal belongings bringing into the USA, and nothing has changed. As long as those goods are not prohibited items, and they weren't purchased right before being imported, no tax duty is due.

 

Edited 20 hours ago by p6x

[activpop]

@p6x The retaliatory tariff is the big nut here. It is a different animal. 

[p6x]

10 hours ago, activpop said:

@p6x The retaliatory tariff is the big nut here. It is a different animal. 

Personal goods should not be subject to retaliatory taxes.

As I have moved from country to country during my professional career, with some of my personal belongings in tow, I never had to pay import duty. Those so-called "tariffs", derived from the French "Tarif" meaning "price list", are directed towards new goods, for commercial resale.

Say you are transferred to work in South America. Because cars in manufactured in South America are usually boxes with wheels, four generation older than the rest of the world, and more expensive, you decide to take your own Opel with you. After a few years of work in Macae (Brazil), your company transfers you back to Stuttgart. Germany is not going to charge you import taxes on your car, purchased in Germany.

 

Edited 8 hours ago by p6x