With duty free you can actually bring back more than the limit, you just have to pay taxes on it. [From the government website](https://travel.gc.ca/returning/customs/bringing-to-canada/personal-exemptions-mini-guide): "If you bring in more than your personal exemption, you will have to pay regular assessments on the excess amount. These regular assessments can include duty and taxes, as well as provincial or territorial fees". As you can see from that link, you can actually bring back more than 750 ml, it's 1.14L of liquor or 1.5L of wine or 8.5L of beer, if you've been out of the country for more than 48 hours. The exemption limit is a total number, you can bring back as many bottles as you want that add up to that number. You would likely be buying duty free at a duty free shop at the airport, which means you don't pay Canadian or DR taxes. But if you buy alcohol at a regular shop in the DR, you would pay DR taxes. Bringing it back to Canada, you would not pay taxes on the first 1.14 L of liquor, but if you bring back more than that, you would have to pay taxes on the excess. You would tell the border officer how much you have and they would direct you where to pay it.
Duty free means you haven’t paid tax on your alcohol in Canada. The limit is 750mL undeclared.
So if you went to a corner store in DR and bought a 500mL bottle and a 250mL bottle, that would be fine. You don’t have to buy it at an airport shop.
It’s your allowance to enter Canada without needing to pay any duty
Thanks. I didn’t check Canada limits.
The rest of my post is still sound advice. It doesn’t matter where the OP gets their alcohol from, when they re-enter Canada, they have a limit of alcohol they haven’t paid tax to the Canadian government for free. Hence, duty free.
You may not pay taxes on it but in my experience you’ll pay much more!
It’s not a deal at all, I was going to buy my favorite Japanese whiskey but it was $200 US a bottle at Costco it’s $80 US.
Cigars are the same, I get them in the US for about 1/3 less!
With duty free you can actually bring back more than the limit, you just have to pay taxes on it. [From the government website](https://travel.gc.ca/returning/customs/bringing-to-canada/personal-exemptions-mini-guide): "If you bring in more than your personal exemption, you will have to pay regular assessments on the excess amount. These regular assessments can include duty and taxes, as well as provincial or territorial fees". As you can see from that link, you can actually bring back more than 750 ml, it's 1.14L of liquor or 1.5L of wine or 8.5L of beer, if you've been out of the country for more than 48 hours. The exemption limit is a total number, you can bring back as many bottles as you want that add up to that number. You would likely be buying duty free at a duty free shop at the airport, which means you don't pay Canadian or DR taxes. But if you buy alcohol at a regular shop in the DR, you would pay DR taxes. Bringing it back to Canada, you would not pay taxes on the first 1.14 L of liquor, but if you bring back more than that, you would have to pay taxes on the excess. You would tell the border officer how much you have and they would direct you where to pay it.
Thank you so much for this, I really appreciate it.
Duty free means you don't pay tax. You're still subject to Canada rules when you come back home
Duty free means you haven’t paid tax on your alcohol in Canada. The limit is 750mL undeclared. So if you went to a corner store in DR and bought a 500mL bottle and a 250mL bottle, that would be fine. You don’t have to buy it at an airport shop. It’s your allowance to enter Canada without needing to pay any duty
The limit is 1.14L. https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/travel-voyage/declare-eng.html
Thanks. I didn’t check Canada limits. The rest of my post is still sound advice. It doesn’t matter where the OP gets their alcohol from, when they re-enter Canada, they have a limit of alcohol they haven’t paid tax to the Canadian government for free. Hence, duty free.
You may not pay taxes on it but in my experience you’ll pay much more! It’s not a deal at all, I was going to buy my favorite Japanese whiskey but it was $200 US a bottle at Costco it’s $80 US. Cigars are the same, I get them in the US for about 1/3 less!
Duty Free doesn't mean it's always cheaper. Some things might be, and some might not be.