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Does anyone know, do you have to pay GST/PST on e-books bought in US funds if you live in Canada?


I've bought some e-books from some US sites and not paid GST, but am I going to get a nasty surprise come tax time because of this? If anyone has any experience in this area or knows anything about this, your feedback would be much appreciated!

if its just a purchase and download from a web site, there's no GST charged. The CRA is not monitoring your online shopping habits... yet.

Technically, you have to self assess under Division IV of the Excise Tax Act, unless you are using these e-books in your business and you are a GST registrant. But if you really think that anyone does that... ;-0

Just in case you really, really want to, here's the link to the form that you would fill out.

http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pbg/gf/gst59/...

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