Hauling something I own but intend to sell??

Spend a dime instead.

 

Truthfully, yes, it is personal property until you make a business out of it. If you pre-sell them, then there is an issue if you get caught but otherwise no problem. It is just like I buying 4X4s here and taking them to Alaska to use but happen to sell them because of ... fill in the blank ...

I know a couple who make a trip three times a year to see their daughter in Alaska, I don't think they go through Canada but that doesn't matter. They buy produce in either in Florida or California (depending on the time of year), stick it on the bed of their toter and bring it up to some city south of Anchorage where their daughter uses some and then sells the surplus. They are not transporting it for hire but for their daughter to consume it. They have no control over what she does with the surplus and no one seems to care.

 

I disagree, I buy an old car in Arizona, I fix that car up, I store that car for say three months and then sell it, it isn't a business, it still is a hobby. If I do this every month, it still can be considered a hobby depending on what amount of money I make or not make.

If I cover my expenses and do this for a small profit, it can be construed by the IRS as a hobby, even if I make a good profit without regularity, it can also considered a hobby.

Transportation of the car in this case isn't transporting for profit, it is transporting personal property. Even if I have a three car trailer, it is still personal property.

 

Yeah, that'll go over real well at the Canadian border.

 

Unless you can show residence in Alaska, Canada is going to make you pay import tax on those trailers. People try and get away with this 100 times a day pretending to go to Alaska but are selling something to someone in Canada. You will look guilty as Hell hauling brand new trailers.

 

Register as a not for hire carrier, still need DOT Number, and follow rules for carriers, Make SURE your insurance agent knows what you are doing and make sure insurance is good in Canada. If the boats are loaded on one trailer, ok, but if they are pulled as a double trailer, there is a minumun weight needed to cross one Canadian Province, North West Territories, I think. Make sure the boats are properly markede with ID Plates and have the paperwork with to prove you own them.

 

ok say you do all that...your cool you paid the price...you got the paper work...you even keep yours logs up to date. then you have a wreck go to the hospital and the law finds out you are on insulin and don't have a med card and you just injured someone. don't worry all your meds and meals will be free from the state for a while