im in the phillippines right now (been here for six months) and ive discovered that cigarettes are very cheap here. im returning to canada in a week...does anybody know how many cigarettes im allowed to bring back and the duties and tax for anything over the duty free amount?
thanks
Reply to this Hi. Hope this helps...
Duty free limit: 200 cigarettes, 200 tobacco sticks, 50 cigars, and 200 gram loose tobacco.
Duty on over the limit: $15 per carton of cigarettes, $7 per 200 tobacco sticks, $6 per 200g loose tobacco. In addition, you will have to pay provincial tobacco tax and provincial sales tax. (Sorry, I don't have specifc tax information for the different provinces.)
Finally, if you go over the personal $ exemption limit, you will have to pay GST.
Reply to this Hello to HomerJS
I am told a single pack of cigarettes cost about $10 in Canada. Is that true?
Reply to this Ciggies in Canada are rather expensive....and there is a law in effect now against advertising them so if you go to a store, expect all the ciggies to be behind a cover....You'll have to know what you want or will spend some time trying to figure it out.
But yes, they are around $10/pack.
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