Several Canadian surtax remissions must be claimed within two years of import. After that, the money is gone, even if the goods qualified on the day they crossed the border.
Every import has its own clock
The window doesn't start when an order is published. It starts with each import. An importer with two years of entries has hundreds of small clocks running at once, and the oldest are closing this month.
A $4,000 claim that expires in 28 days matters more than a $40,000 claim with a year left.
Sort by deadline, not by size
Brokerages tend to work the largest files first. That's rational for them, and it's how small claims quietly expire. Tariva sorts every line by the date its window closes, so the next thing you sign is the thing you'd otherwise lose.
Faster still: claim at entry
Where an order allows it, claiming remission when the goods are declared beats any refund, which can take months. That's why the same ledger that finds old money also checks the next shipment before your broker files it.
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