I did it (ordered one)

[Ntmd8r]

Riley,
Exactly.
When a car is first purchased (no matter where), there is federal and state/provincial sales tax applied. (Except Alberta and Nevada, and maybe one or two others).
But, in any event, the federal tax is collected by the country where the car is delivered to. And the provincial/state tax is also collected (if that province/state has a sales tax).

Then, when the same car is sold to a person in another province (I don't know about the US), then the purchaser must pay provincial tax on it.

Try to buy a used car from a dealer... they will charge you the PST....
even though there was an original GST and PST paid on the car when it was new.

When you bought your car out of Las Vegas, you (of course) didn't have to pay any local taxes. Neither did I on all 5 cars I bought out of the US.
But, since there was never a canadian GST paid on those cars, when you bring them in to Canada, you must pay federal GST. Then when you register it in a province (except Alberta I guess), you must also pay PST on it.

And this is exactly what that BC govt web site PDF file says.

 

[NewRoads]

when you buy a car from a dealer outside of your province the dealer will register it in the province you live and not where you buy it.
so if you live in BC and buy a car from an Ontario car dealer when you pick it up it will have BC plates on it and appropriate taxes paid

 

[gthal]

when you buy a car from a dealer outside of your province the dealer will register it in the province you live and not where you buy it.
so if you live in BC and buy a car from an Ontario car dealer when you pick it up it will have BC plates on it and appropriate taxes paid

:agree: A relative of mine in Calgary bought a car from a BC dealer and only paid tax based on Alberta residence.

 

[Ntmd8r]

Newroads and gthal,

Are you talking about buying New, or Used ?

 

[C7Jake]

Newroads and gthal, Are you talking about buying New, or Used ?

Irrelevant

 

[Riley P]

Too bad BC isn't like Sask. We used to pay PST over and over and over, however:

Effective November 8, 2007, the Provincial Sales Tax no longer applies to used light vehicles on which the tax has been previously paid which may also be the case in BC.

 

[gthal]

Newroads and gthal,

Are you talking about buying New, or Used ?

In my case it was a new car. The dealer had to do a bit of extra work to facilitate the transaction across provinces but, in the end, my relative only paid tax related to their home province. I know nothing beyond that

 

[Ntmd8r]

As I said, I'm not going to argue with you guys.

I merely go by that quote I gave from the BC Gov't website.

 

[Riley P]

Can't wait for your car to come in Ntm! Sounds like a beaut!

 

[567Chevy]

Nice car Ntmd8r! Mine's a black z51 too and I'm having a great time driving it after months of waiting.

 

[Ntmd8r]

Congrats, Cowtowner... enjoy it to the limit.

 

[567Chevy]

Ya, best so far has been Highway 66 west of Calgary which is a sort of twisty road in the K Country in the front ranges of the Rockies. It's still closed at the winter gate this time of year about 20 clicks in but you can run "laps" out and back on it. Ran it a few times in the C7 lately, but the best was the first time when the weather broke last week, when it was snow covered and just starting to melt.

A C7 equipped with Pirelli Sottozeros on an Alberta mountain road in early spring conditions is good fun! Yaa Canada!