Make some fake labels and tell them they are tins of chocolate covered nuts. If they catch you act angered and surprised and say you bought them from a street vendor.
Bringing Tobacco Back to Canada Over Land Border
- Thread starter sparker69
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I was just in the US two weeks ago with my wife and we were selected randomly for a “go inside” check. We had to declare what we had in the vehicle and then go inside while they inspected the vehicle. We never lie at the border and declare everything with receipts in hand.
This is to say, that what is ‘new’ at the border now is the random vehicle check. They’re starting to do that more and more now and the agent at the booth doesn’t decide (unless they suspect something then they always have the discretion to direct you inside for secondary examination and interviews).
Your tax assessment will be determined according to where your land border crossing is. Ontario Provincial Tobacco Tax, Harmonized Sales Tax and Federal Duties and Excise Taxes could be assigned to you. If it’s a tin or two, you’re right, it may not be worth the bother; but that’s a random chance you take with the agent when you’re coming back across.
This is to say, that what is ‘new’ at the border now is the random vehicle check. They’re starting to do that more and more now and the agent at the booth doesn’t decide (unless they suspect something then they always have the discretion to direct you inside for secondary examination and interviews).
Your tax assessment will be determined according to where your land border crossing is. Ontario Provincial Tobacco Tax, Harmonized Sales Tax and Federal Duties and Excise Taxes could be assigned to you. If it’s a tin or two, you’re right, it may not be worth the bother; but that’s a random chance you take with the agent when you’re coming back across.
Time to load up the old prison pocket.
Or just put it under the spare tire.
This is needlessly primitive as we have much better technology these days (i.e. the trebuchet).
Guys are a half the way up the ol' prison pocket with 8oz GL Pease tins and your saying this now.
I got pulled into one of those "go inside and sit in a room" random checks with a full car search crossing into New Brunswick at St. Stephen once. It was fairly painless other than about a 2-hour delay on a long drive up to Charlottetown PEI.
I wonder what the policy is if you have a regular 50 gram or 2-ounce tin with a lot of extra space in it, like some of the C&D sliced cakes or plugs and just double load it from another tin. You could probably fit a couple extra plugs in some of these.
I wonder what the policy is if you have a regular 50 gram or 2-ounce tin with a lot of extra space in it, like some of the C&D sliced cakes or plugs and just double load it from another tin. You could probably fit a couple extra plugs in some of these.
Just junk up your car with lots of empty fastfood bags, soda bottles. empty kleenexes with used kleenexs all over the floorboards, empty sardine tins. Make sure each bag has ketchup, old onion rings, and all sorts of smelly stuff. I bet those cars don't get searched as closely.
Unless I was bringing in large amounts, I'd pack it in my suitcase and keep quiet. I certainly wouldn't attempt to conceal it in a wheel well or something similar as if you were caught, it shows criminal intent.
And now every time you cross the boarder they're going to take your car apart. Mostly because you gave them an excuse to cure their boredom. They probably do google search for terms like inner fender wells, under the dash....
Probably not but if it happens you'll at least know why.
honestly most guys just want to do their job and go home with as little hassle as possible. And a few tins not mentioned one can plead ignorance and not make it worse.
Hell yeah, that's what I'm talkin about.
I don't believe you'll ever find a CBSA agent that will let you pass through without paying the tax on tobacco.
The tax is based on the province that you enter, not reside.
I suggest buying the cheapest pouch of convenience store grade tobacco you can find, something that you don't mind walking away from, declare it and find out what they do.