I'm landing soon, planning to stay 8 weeks, return to US with my wife, pick up my car, load it up, drive it up to Canada and import my stuff.
For a specific example, I have a printer I bought for $250 last November, but I haven't used. Rather than open the box and load the ink etc which would be an issue, I'm considering just "giving" it to my wife, and then she claims it under her $800 allowed. I don't see any issue with that. When I previously brought a car up that I gave to my soon to be wife the custom agent said she would deduct the $60 gift limit from the value of the car, just to reduce the fee a bit, so they seem to be pretty fair about the process. I just wonder if anyone has experience with using your spouses duty allowance to cover any of your stuff.
For a specific example, I have a printer I bought for $250 last November, but I haven't used. Rather than open the box and load the ink etc which would be an issue, I'm considering just "giving" it to my wife, and then she claims it under her $800 allowed. I don't see any issue with that. When I previously brought a car up that I gave to my soon to be wife the custom agent said she would deduct the $60 gift limit from the value of the car, just to reduce the fee a bit, so they seem to be pretty fair about the process. I just wonder if anyone has experience with using your spouses duty allowance to cover any of your stuff.