Do NEXUS Members Pay Taxes and Duty?
Yes. Holders of a NEXUS card are not exempt from all the laws surrounding duties and taxes. In fact, at the end of the interview process described above, you will be handed a booklet of forms. One of these forms (the Canadian version is called the Travellers Declaration Card or TDC for short) must be filed out each time you return to your home country. On this form, you will state the value of goods being brought back, broken down into the various categories. There’s one category for clothing and footwear, another for electronics, and so on. It also asks where the majority of goods were made and how long you were out of the country. And herein lies another disadvantage to the NEXUS program. Upon returning to your home country and handing this form over, any duties and taxes that you must pay are automatically charged to the credit card that they will have on file. This is automatic. By contrast, when you take a regular lane at the border crossing, the customs officer has a certain leve
