-=> Quoting Ml:nicolae Ceausescu@dss to Emerald <=-
 MC> time with all my receipts from both trips, I found out that the minimum
 MC> tax amount PER receipt must be $3.50 for a GST refund for non
 MC> Canadians. This means that you have to spend at least about $45 per
 MC> receipt. Most things I bought were below $45, so the only refund that
 MC> qualified was for was accomodations. So, when I made all my purchases I
 MC> quietly smiledin, eh, knowing I'd get my GST back while Canadians all
 MC> over complained about the tax. I guess that laugh was on me. :>
 
  Thanks for telling me the crock of garbage that the CNDN gov. is pulling on
  guests in our country. I didn't know about that "little" tax requirement. I was
  lead to believe it was all GST that was given back to visitors to Canada.
  Right now with that knowledge I'm feeling a bit ashamed to be a Canadian.
  But that's OK, Nicolae, don't feel bad, you did get some tax back, eh. Any
  time I've been in the US, I paid every tax for ny money I spent and no matter
  how much it was I didn't get any refund back, eh. Our nice customs sometimes
  get Canadians coming back into Canada, when people buy and bring back more
  than what's allowed, they have to pay taxes on anything over what we're allowed
  and if you don't pay the tax, it's taken away from you at the border, eh. 
 MC> That reminds me of another famous quote said by an elderly actor some
 MC> time ago: " If I knew I was going to live this long, I would have
 MC> taken better care of myself." Don't ask why, but that made me think of
 MC> it. -!-
  That happens sometime and for the life of me I've never been able to figure
  that one out, yet, eh. >;>~~~~~~~
  *>HUGZ<*
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