Timeline for Is it possible to rent a car in the US and return it in Canada?
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| Aug 4, 2022 at 18:41 | comment | added | Fattie | funnily enough it's completely common that there are drug couriers (who work for pharma companies) who move (very expensive) testing samples, bases, etc from plant to plant over borders. it's a similar thing. if you mean illegal drugs (eg, cocaine, whatever) I have no idea and that doesn't seem to be under discussion. there are in many countries laws that you can't move such and such over certain borders; that is unrelated to import duties and taxes. (for example there's no "import duty" on lsd or whatever - it's just, completely illegal to be in possession of it heh!) | |
| Aug 4, 2022 at 18:38 | comment | added | Kevin | @Fattie: You can't smuggle drugs over the border and say "well, those aren't mine," and expect CBP to be OK with it. | |
| Aug 4, 2022 at 18:35 | comment | added | Fattie | Acquired means ownership @Kevin - ask at customs about the form next time passing! cheers! | |
| Aug 4, 2022 at 16:32 | comment | added | Kevin | @Fattie: Acquired means "obtained." If someone gives you a gift, you still have to declare it. | |
| Aug 4, 2022 at 15:22 | comment | added | Fattie | hi @Kevin note that it says ACQUIRED (means "bought"). No connection in any way whatsoever to rental equipment. Urge you to ask a customs official next time you pass through, show them the form and this internet discussion! I'm (as I would imagine, many folks on here) knowledgeable about import/export, as, I've had businesses in that field (although I don't currently have a solicitor in that field!!) Cheers | |
| Aug 3, 2022 at 21:19 | comment | added | Kevin | (Also, if you want to have a conversation, please use the comment reply syntax to ensure that the other person knows a discussion is taking place.) | |
| Aug 3, 2022 at 21:14 | comment | added | Kevin | @Fattie: I do not personally employ an import/export legal team for myself, so all I have to go on are the instructions on Form 6059B, which very clearly state to "Declare all articles that you have acquired abroad and are bringing into the United States" (residents) or to "Declare the value of all articles that will remain in the United States" (visitors). Those instructions plainly would include a rental car, because it was acquired abroad and will remain in the United States. | |
| Aug 3, 2022 at 20:27 | comment | added | Fattie | Guys - honestly, it has no connection whatsoever to "import". Check with your import/export legal team if you don't believe! :) Cheers | |
| Aug 3, 2022 at 19:58 | comment | added | Michael Seifert | @Kevin: Your instinct isn't entirely off-base; until 2012, it was prohibited for a Canadian resident to bring a US-plated car across the border. | |
| Aug 3, 2022 at 18:28 | comment | added | user38879 | @Fattie, They may stay in the country for a while, though. I have been assigned a US-registered rental car for use in Canada only at YYZ at least twice that I recall. It may be my US driver's license that attracted this. The cars were the only ones in the lot having US plates that I could see (making it seem less probable that this was random selection) and I know there are (modest) restrictions on the time and purpose for which a Canadian-licensed driver can drive a foreign registered car in Canada that may cause them to pick out foreign-licensed drivers to take them. | |
| Aug 3, 2022 at 15:32 | comment | added | Fattie | K - it's not staying in the country. It's just a piece of equipment that Hertz happens to be moving around internationally back and fore. | |
| Aug 3, 2022 at 15:30 | comment | added | Kevin | @Fattie: At least on US customs declarations, they do not ask you about "sold," they ask you about goods that are "staying in the country," regardless of what transactions apply to them. | |
| Aug 3, 2022 at 15:26 | comment | added | Fattie | @Kevin - you're not importing it at all. It's perfectly permitted for a (say) airline, truck company, taxi service, or whatever, to operate* vehicles in foreign countries. (Of course, there may be numerous regulations about that.) You may be thinking of the case where it is sold to someone in a new country, which would be an import. | |
| Aug 3, 2022 at 14:49 | comment | added | SztupY | There are some customs law in the EU and around (e.g. the UK, Norway) that allows rental cars to be managed more easily from a customs perspective, I would believe there are some similar ones between the US and Canada | |
| Aug 2, 2022 at 19:27 | comment | added | Jeffrey | Not importing, just having it go across the frontier. The rental company will either shuttle it back or have someone do the opposite travel. | |
| Aug 2, 2022 at 17:03 | comment | added | Kevin | I'm actually rather surprised to hear that this is a thing you can do. I would have expected the customs issues to be quite messy (i.e. you're technically importing the car, albeit on behalf of the rental company). | |
| Aug 1, 2022 at 9:11 | vote | accept | d4zed | ||
| Aug 1, 2022 at 8:46 | history | answered | Franck Dernoncourt | CC BY-SA 4.0 |