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| | | Author: | ESR.  | | Posted: | Mar 25, 2023 15:34 | | Subject: | Selling from Canada to the United States | | Viewed: | 93 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| Hello
I'm looking into starting to ship to the US (my store is in Canada and currently
only sells domestically) but I don't know what to charge for taxes and who
I'd owe it to (Do I owe something to the IRS? customs fees?)
This is the last step before I start selling to the US and I look forward to
start being able to do so, as this would multiply the amount of potential buyers
for me by more than 4x
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| | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Mar 25, 2023 15:37 | | Subject: | Re: Selling from Canada to the United States | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| In Taxes, ESR. writes:
| | Hello
I'm looking into starting to ship to the US (my store is in Canada and currently
only sells domestically) but I don't know what to charge for taxes and who
I'd owe it to (Do I owe something to the IRS? customs fees?)
This is the last step before I start selling to the US and I look forward to
start being able to do so, as this would multiply the amount of potential buyers
for me by more than 4x
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bricklink handles collecting tax but if their are any import fees its the buyers
responsibility to pay them. if the order is over like $400 USD you need to add
a commercial invoice but that's not something done to regularly. don't
forget tho that you cant send lego via lettermail to any other country then Canada
so if you sell lego parts you need to ship them parcel to the USA
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| | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Mar 25, 2023 15:38 | | Subject: | Re: Selling from Canada to the United States | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| In Taxes, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Taxes, ESR. writes:
| | Hello
I'm looking into starting to ship to the US (my store is in Canada and currently
only sells domestically) but I don't know what to charge for taxes and who
I'd owe it to (Do I owe something to the IRS? customs fees?)
This is the last step before I start selling to the US and I look forward to
start being able to do so, as this would multiply the amount of potential buyers
for me by more than 4x
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bricklink handles collecting tax but if their are any import fees its the buyers
responsibility to pay them. if the order is over like $400 USD you need to add
a commercial invoice but that's not something done to regularly. don't
forget tho that you cant send lego via lettermail to any other country then Canada
so if you sell lego parts you need to ship them parcel to the USA
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also I noticed you collect sales tax in your bricklink store so I just wanted
to confirm you have a GST/HST number as unless you are registered to collect
tax you are not allowed to collect tax in Canada
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Mar 25, 2023 15:50 | | Subject: | Re: Selling from Canada to the United States | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| In Taxes, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Taxes, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Taxes, ESR. writes:
| | Hello
I'm looking into starting to ship to the US (my store is in Canada and currently
only sells domestically) but I don't know what to charge for taxes and who
I'd owe it to (Do I owe something to the IRS? customs fees?)
This is the last step before I start selling to the US and I look forward to
start being able to do so, as this would multiply the amount of potential buyers
for me by more than 4x
|
bricklink handles collecting tax but if their are any import fees its the buyers
responsibility to pay them. if the order is over like $400 USD you need to add
a commercial invoice but that's not something done to regularly. don't
forget tho that you cant send lego via lettermail to any other country then Canada
so if you sell lego parts you need to ship them parcel to the USA
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And be sure to never accept or propose anything other than an Onsite payment
method (PayPal Onsite or Stripe, like you have in your store now) for US buyers:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1401495
| | also I noticed you collect sales tax in your bricklink store so I just wanted
to confirm you have a GST/HST number as unless you are registered to collect
tax you are not allowed to collect tax in Canada
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Isn’t it mandatory to show that number when you’re registred? (It is for VAT.)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Mar 25, 2023 15:52 | | Subject: | Re: Selling from Canada to the United States | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| In Taxes, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Taxes, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Taxes, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Taxes, ESR. writes:
| | Hello
I'm looking into starting to ship to the US (my store is in Canada and currently
only sells domestically) but I don't know what to charge for taxes and who
I'd owe it to (Do I owe something to the IRS? customs fees?)
This is the last step before I start selling to the US and I look forward to
start being able to do so, as this would multiply the amount of potential buyers
for me by more than 4x
|
bricklink handles collecting tax but if their are any import fees its the buyers
responsibility to pay them. if the order is over like $400 USD you need to add
a commercial invoice but that's not something done to regularly. don't
forget tho that you cant send lego via lettermail to any other country then Canada
so if you sell lego parts you need to ship them parcel to the USA
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And be sure to never accept or propose anything other than an Onsite payment
method (PayPal Onsite or Stripe, like you have in your store now) for US buyers:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1401495
| | also I noticed you collect sales tax in your bricklink store so I just wanted
to confirm you have a GST/HST number as unless you are registered to collect
tax you are not allowed to collect tax in Canada
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Isn’t it mandatory to show that number when you’re registred? (It is for VAT.)
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yup at the very least in your terms page or else something like what I do like
this
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | leopard37 | | Posted: | Mar 25, 2023 16:49 | | Subject: | Re: Selling from Canada to the United States | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| In Taxes, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Taxes, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Taxes, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Taxes, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Taxes, ESR. writes:
| | Hello
I'm looking into starting to ship to the US (my store is in Canada and currently
only sells domestically) but I don't know what to charge for taxes and who
I'd owe it to (Do I owe something to the IRS? customs fees?)
This is the last step before I start selling to the US and I look forward to
start being able to do so, as this would multiply the amount of potential buyers
for me by more than 4x
|
bricklink handles collecting tax but if their are any import fees its the buyers
responsibility to pay them. if the order is over like $400 USD you need to add
a commercial invoice but that's not something done to regularly. don't
forget tho that you cant send lego via lettermail to any other country then Canada
so if you sell lego parts you need to ship them parcel to the USA
|
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And be sure to never accept or propose anything other than an Onsite payment
method (PayPal Onsite or Stripe, like you have in your store now) for US buyers:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1401495
| | also I noticed you collect sales tax in your bricklink store so I just wanted
to confirm you have a GST/HST number as unless you are registered to collect
tax you are not allowed to collect tax in Canada
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Isn’t it mandatory to show that number when you’re registred? (It is for VAT.)
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yup at the very least in your terms page or else something like what I do like
this
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It is a GST requirement to show your number on every invoice.
Tyson.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Mar 25, 2023 16:50 | | Subject: | Re: Selling from Canada to the United States | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| In Taxes, leopard37 writes:
| | In Taxes, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Taxes, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Taxes, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Taxes, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Taxes, ESR. writes:
| | Hello
I'm looking into starting to ship to the US (my store is in Canada and currently
only sells domestically) but I don't know what to charge for taxes and who
I'd owe it to (Do I owe something to the IRS? customs fees?)
This is the last step before I start selling to the US and I look forward to
start being able to do so, as this would multiply the amount of potential buyers
for me by more than 4x
|
bricklink handles collecting tax but if their are any import fees its the buyers
responsibility to pay them. if the order is over like $400 USD you need to add
a commercial invoice but that's not something done to regularly. don't
forget tho that you cant send lego via lettermail to any other country then Canada
so if you sell lego parts you need to ship them parcel to the USA
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And be sure to never accept or propose anything other than an Onsite payment
method (PayPal Onsite or Stripe, like you have in your store now) for US buyers:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1401495
| | also I noticed you collect sales tax in your bricklink store so I just wanted
to confirm you have a GST/HST number as unless you are registered to collect
tax you are not allowed to collect tax in Canada
|
Isn’t it mandatory to show that number when you’re registred? (It is for VAT.)
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yup at the very least in your terms page or else something like what I do like
this
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It is a GST requirement to show your number on every invoice.
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Emporiosa | | Posted: | Mar 25, 2023 16:08 | | Subject: | Re: Selling from Canada to the United States | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| | | | | also I noticed you collect sales tax in your bricklink store so I just wanted
to confirm you have a GST/HST number as unless you are registered to collect
tax you are not allowed to collect tax in Canada
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Isn’t it mandatory to show that number when you’re registred? (It is for VAT.)
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According to BrickLink and their receipts, they don't think so 
But yes - it's mandatory on all receipts (the exact requirements say like
on all receipts for sales over $X). I had asked BL years ago to let us use that
old VAT # field they had for VAT sellers prior to marketplace tax collection,
but they never enabled it in Canada for some reason so instead I overwrite the
template for the Add. Charge field to show it there.
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| | | | | | | Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 25, 2023 17:08 | | Subject: | Re: Selling from Canada to the United States | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| In Taxes, Nubs_Select writes:
| | bricklink handles collecting tax but if their are any import fees its the buyers
responsibility to pay them. if the order is over like $400 USD you need to add
a commercial invoice but that's not something done to regularly.
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There are no import fees to the USA from Canada for items falling under the 9503
harmonization code
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Mar 25, 2023 17:10 | | Subject: | Re: Selling from Canada to the United States | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| In Taxes, peregrinator writes:
| | In Taxes, Nubs_Select writes:
| | bricklink handles collecting tax but if their are any import fees its the buyers
responsibility to pay them. if the order is over like $400 USD you need to add
a commercial invoice but that's not something done to regularly.
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There are no import fees to the USA from Canada for items falling under the 9503
harmonization code
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you guys are lucky 
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 25, 2023 17:25 | | Subject: | Re: Selling from Canada to the United States | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| In Taxes, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Taxes, peregrinator writes:
| | In Taxes, Nubs_Select writes:
| | bricklink handles collecting tax but if their are any import fees its the buyers
responsibility to pay them. if the order is over like $400 USD you need to add
a commercial invoice but that's not something done to regularly.
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There are no import fees to the USA from Canada for items falling under the 9503
harmonization code
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you guys are lucky
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I think dock fees and whatnot apply if you have a whole container
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Mar 26, 2023 12:54 | | Subject: | Re: Selling from Canada to the United States | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| In Taxes, peregrinator writes:
| | In Taxes, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Taxes, peregrinator writes:
| | In Taxes, Nubs_Select writes:
| | bricklink handles collecting tax but if their are any import fees its the buyers
responsibility to pay them. if the order is over like $400 USD you need to add
a commercial invoice but that's not something done to regularly.
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There are no import fees to the USA from Canada for items falling under the 9503
harmonization code
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you guys are lucky
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I think dock fees and whatnot apply if you have a whole container
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I would love to have to pay dock fees because that would mean I am buying a whole
L of a lot of Lego!!
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| | | | | Author: | calebfishn | | Posted: | Mar 25, 2023 23:53 | | Subject: | Re: Selling from Canada to the United States | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| In Taxes, ESR. writes:
| | Hello
I'm looking into starting to ship to the US (my store is in Canada and currently
only sells domestically) but I don't know what to charge for taxes and who
I'd owe it to (Do I owe something to the IRS? customs fees?)
This is the last step before I start selling to the US and I look forward to
start being able to do so, as this would multiply the amount of potential buyers
for me by more than 4x
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Buyers in the U.S. do not pay taxes to the Canadian authorities.
If any taxes or import duties are due upon arrival in the USA, then the American
authorities will charge the buyer those fees.
For most states in the U.S. Bricklink has implemented the system for collecting
state sales taxes, so you don't need to charge your buyer taxes, or remit
anything to an American tax authority. For example, I had a recent order from
a U.S. buyer that Bricklink automatically calculated $1.11 state sales tax owing,
and collected it.
Make sure you complete customs forms accurately. There is no reason to delay
selling to the U.S.
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Canada, Ontario
France, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
USA, New Jersey
