Reply to "Exporting my ZF for repairs and I need input please"

Well, if I was dealing with a "reasonable" group of people at the border, I would agree. Having already had sufficient border experience to know things are not always "reasonable", I now prefer to be well prepared.

Some may remember a few years back when I assisted some Alberta owners with getting back the 6.1% Duty that CBSA had incorrectly imposed on their Panteras when they imported them into Canada. The Border Services people either didn't know their own rules, or deliberately preyed on them for thousands of dollars of illegal Duty fees — which they eventually got refunded.

The CBSA documentation is fuzzy. It implies that as long as I complete the correct forms (whatever they are) when I export it from Canada, that I SHOULD only need to pay tax on the repairs. Or maybe the FULL value of the newly modified transaxle... The US Border Services also requires documentation to be completed before I can bring it in, but doesn't state exactly WHAT.

I just was hoping someone else from Canada had already done this, but maybe not.

Mark