Bob's idea, possible problem
Nice innovative thinking Bob. I'm all in favour of helping the Westerners clear their landscape of all those terrible rust-free hulks that are causing so much visual pollution.
If the purchase is recorded, and I assume it would have to be to make the plan effective, would it expose everyone to having to pay provincial sales tax plus GST? I don't mind too much having to pay tax when I buy things, but it would hurt my cheap little soul to pay the taxes twice (once for the purchase from Alex's buddy, once to cover what he would have paid on his purchase from the original owner). Even then, it might be a saving over full scale shipping one way.
It might also expose Alex's friend to the GST registration process sooner due to the $30,000 threshold.
Another possible hitch is that Ontario will declare you to be an automobile dealer if you sell over a certain threshold of vehicles (six per year???). This was put in place as "consumer protection" against "curbsiders". Of course, Alex's buddy may already have to be registered.
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04-10-06, 19:14
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