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Canada Taxes Paid Deductable? dejaemail 03-30-2007
Posted by Tom Russ on March 30, 2007, 10:27 pm
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 dejaem...@yahoo.com wrote:

> We had a vacation in Canada and paid a large amount of
> foreign taxes on hotel and misc other items. Is this
> deductable on federal taxes?

No.

Just like hotel taxes in the USA aren't deductible.

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Posted by Herb Smith on March 31, 2007, 9:55 pm
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 dejaem...@yahoo.com wrote:

> We had a vacation in Canada and paid a large amount of
> foreign taxes on hotel and misc other items. =A0Is this
> deductable on federal taxes? If so where in the forms?

US citizens are entitled to a refund of the General Sales
Tax (GST) on certain purchases made within Canada. Hotel
bills, souvenirs. etc, but not meals or fuel. You can get an
application when you cross back over the border, or from the
Canadian government. Receipts are required. There is no US
tax refund.

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Posted by dejaemail on April 3, 2007, 1:48 am
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>> Only income taxes are subject to deduction or credit on your
>> 1040 income tax return. However you may be able to get a
>> refund of some of the taxes you paid on your visit.

> Canada announced the elimination of the GST/HST Visitor
> Rebate Program effective for purchases made after March 31,
> 2007.
>
> http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tax/nonresidents/visitors/qa-e.html

This info is exactly what I was looking for. GST Refunds
are still in effect for prior purchases made before April
1st, 2007 so I was able to send in the refund to Canada.

Thanks for the info!

Rick

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Posted by dejaemail on April 11, 2007, 11:28 pm
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>> Only income taxes are subject to deduction or credit on your
>> 1040 income tax return. However you may be able to get a
>> refund of some of the taxes you paid on your visit.

> Canada announced the elimination of the GST/HST Visitor
> Rebate Program effective for purchases made after March 31,
> 2007.
>
> http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tax/nonresidents/visitors/qa-e.html

This info is exactly what I was looking for. GST Refunds
are still in effect for prior purchases made before April
1st, 2007 so I was able to send in the refund to Canada.

Thanks for the info!

Rick

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