You’ll have to pay a 25% tax on yourself when you return, though.
(/s, until someone figures out how to actually do that)
A_A@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Traveling out of the USA.
Nollij@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
A_A@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Border officers will measure the weight of every travelers, in and out of every countries. Then, after estimating how much per kilogram they estimate themselves, they will have to pay tariffs on the weight difference.
Excessively low estimates could expose travelers to “harvesting” by some rich Nazi who would buy them out (literally !).
/sarcasm (i certainly hope this remains sarcasm forever.)stinerman@midwest.social 1 month ago
My understanding is that some province is charging double on US commercial trucks that cross the border. Nova Scotia?
Rentlar@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Not a border crossing but Nova Scotia’s toll road, the Cobequid Pass is doubling rates specifically for US commercial vehicles.
bitchkat@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I don;t believe NS shares a border with the US unless perhaps a fairy but I have no idea if there are any US to NS ferries.
stinerman@midwest.social 1 month ago
It doesn’t. Might have been New Brunswick. Or I just made it up somehow. I can’t remember where I saw it.
bitchkat@lemmy.world 1 month ago
They charge something like $11 USD to cross border bridges (at least in Detroit and Sarnia).
bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 1 month ago
The exchange rate is likely to be prohibitively stupid once all this gets rolling.
BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Yea, come take a vacation up here. No tariff on that at all.
partial_accumen@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Just got back from beautiful Canada 2 weeks ago! I was delighted to spend time with my wonderful brothers and sisters we met along the way in Canada.
What I’m really interested to know is if at border crossings, individual will or will not have to pay duties on purchases in Canada. Previously it was only on liquor or cigarettes over a certain amount. Now will I have to declare I bought a pair of shoes in Canada from Softmoc, a tank of gas from Canadian Tire, or a bottle of maple syrup from Quebec?
Rentlar@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
If you spent 48 hours or more abroad then you can claim an $800 exemption from duties. This is the case for both Canada and the US (except the dollars is the respective currency). USA gets a fixed $200 exemption for every crossing if the other one doesn’t apply, Canada requires a 24 hour minimum stay for any exemptions, but in practicality if you tell CBSA you have around $200 of stuff that isn’t alcohol, most (especially at road/rail borders) will just wave you through without needing to fill out duty forms and pay.
BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
The personal exemption should still exist, but I didn’t actually look that up.
bitchkat@lemmy.world 1 month ago
As a matter of fact, the day after the election, I decided that I would drive from my northern midwest state to Washington via Canada. Next year, I’m planning on a maritimes road trip.