Posted by guv on 04/16/07 18:57

On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 18:52:03 +0100, "Tricky Dicky"
<tricky@nospam.clara.co.uk> wrote:

>
>"Brian McIlwrath" <bkm@bkmpc.bnsc.rl.ac.uk> wrote in message
>news:f004r6$2gb$1@south.jnrs.ja.net...
>> Colin Wilson <REMOVEEVERYTHINGBUTnewsgroup@phoenixbbszerospam.co.uk>
>> wrote:
>> : > Did anyone reclaim the sales tax on the goods and services they
>> purchased
>> : > once they got back to the UK? I've heard it's possible and as I've
>> kept
>> : > receipts want to give it a go.
>>
>> : We've done this for shopping from Canada a couple of times now - if
>> : you box clever and get "bundled" hotel packages you can save quite a
>> : bit as against paying for them seperately / locally !
>>
>> For Canada you can reclaim GST (the national tax) very easily via an
>> Ottawa
>> Government supported scheme - the various Provincial taxes are, AFAIK,
>> not reclaimable.
>>
>> As the USA does NOT have a federal tax like GST - I think you are left
>> in a similar position to the Canadian Provincial taxes!
>
>Are you saying that because I visited four States then I have to apply to
>each local taxation office?

No he's saying you cant reclaim from any of them!

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