Avi

If i book a hotel room over the internet for the Holiday Inn, it adds $120 tax .

Can i claim this back anyhow.. i'm sure i heard somewehere i could, and how would i go about it ?

Any advice appreciated.

Cheers

Avi

Avi

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Brendan Hughes

I did this a few times in Canada. Keep all your bills, then either in a major tourist office or even at the airport you'll find free forms/envelopes from someone like their tax ministry that ask for the receipts and basic data, like your address (where they should send the cheque) and/or your bank a/c details where they can transfer it. IIRC there was a booth in the airport for a private company where they would give you the cash immediately, but they took a minimum amount or percentage as commission, which can be quite a chunk. I posted the stuff off to the tax dept instead and got a cheque for the full amount about 3-4 mths later. You won't end up rich - I spent 3.5k on a ski holiday and might have got 300 quid back - but it's OK for 5 minutes of form-filling.

Freak

i didnt know you could do that!!!!!
Would have/will save me a fair bit!

Avi

Great , thanks for the info Brendan

Brendan Hughes

Try google GST tax rebate. There's loads about Canada, but only this for USA... http://www.thekawarthas.net/usa.html

edit - damn, that's for Yanks visiting Canada. Sorry.