Casual Refund Program

The Casual Refund Program applies to all non-commercial (casual) importations. The program is designed to streamline the refund or adjustment of:

• duties
• goods and services tax (GST) and harmonized sales tax (HST)
• provincial sales tax (PST)
• provincial tobacco and alcohol taxes
• duties, etc., collected under the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA).

Under the Casual Refund Program, importers of casual goods simply complete a simplified Form B2G, Customs Informal Adjustment Request, and mail it to the nearest Casual Refund Centre (CRC).

We then process the completed form and authorize the issuance of a cheque for any applicable refund.

Details of the program are contained in D Memorandum D6-2-6.