Joseph McLuckie, owner of JPSM Golf, discusses the shock of being told his business owes $183,000 in tariffs on electric golf trolleys.
Joseph McLuckie can’t count the number of sleepless nights he has had ever since the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) determined about three months ago that his small business owes more than $180,000 in tariffs on a more-than-a-year-old shipment.
McLuckie is the managing director and owner of JPSM Golf, a small business based out of Pickering, Ont., that sells electric golf trolleys. These trolleys carry golfers’ bags throughout the course as they play.
JPSM Golf has been operational for the last 20 years, starting off in the basement of McLuckie’s home in Leaside before it moved to its 9,000-square-foot storefront.
Instead of celebrating his company’s 20th anniversary, McLuckie is agonizing whether he will be able to pay all six of his…
