10%GST Online Purchasing

[GTMOND]

I have no problem with it, you have to remember, the Australian businesses employ Australians, who in turn spend their wages in other businesses which is helping this country in a greater way than an overseas company taking Australians money overseas and help the Australian enconomy how.. I don’t like paying extra for parts than I should, but the simple fact is, if general businesses in Australia aren’t on a more fair playing field and can’t survive, what do thousands and thousands of employees do for work.
Manufacturing almost gone, and we all can’t be some nerd who designs apps ect. Anyway that’s how I see it...

[Fed]

wodahs mentioned it's not applicable to digital purchases but I read the opposite a few days ago.
I wonder if Google will open a geo fenced aussie play store?
If Google pull the pin how will we buy the full version of forscan?

It's a can of worms, what about GST credits, an aussie business can apply there own GST component for GST credits to a purchase that didn't have a GST component, if the playing field was level then overseas companies should be able to do the same.

Remember what they said, "NO COST TO BUSINESS".

[Romulus]

Originally Posted by stevesgt

We are not allowed to prosper. The labour party is far left the libs are left. Dont believe me well you know when things are are so f up when mark lakem starts marking sence. They turning australia in to greece so we will be bailed out by the world (new one world order) bank. We want have any say in what we wish we be taken over . When to t he left of me is coal trains exporting our coal to the rest of ghe world china and to the right of me is over sized liiafs taking wind turbine parts to the new england , thats used our coal and iron ore. Agl going to disable a plant in the hunter and hold us all to ramson so they can get part of the over 60 billion dolloar subitites that going off sxhore. By the way you ever gone past a wind turbine fram and seen them all stopped with exeption of maybe one our two. They taken power from the grid to turn them. And tgey are approx less than 19% efficiency but you wonder why your powe r is the highest in the world and why you paying 10% on stuff from over seas now anf they said yesterday that if you book a hotel on your next trip from australia you will have to pay gst on that as well
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Look at the success of Trump and the #MAGA movement. The MSM who are owned by the global elitists and the imbecile left continue to rally against Trump. In the mean time the US is going from strength to strength, record low unemployment, manufacturing returning to the US. Something Obama said wasn't possible, and out current and former government sold us as well.

As long as the sheeple keep thinking Liberol (Liberal/Labor) is going to make a difference the country will continue to be sold off to the lowest bidder at the expense of Australians.

I'm of the firm opinion voting shouldn't be compulsory, it should be voluntary, perhaps even screened so those with double digit IQ's are ineligible to vote.

[stefcio007]

A lot of people buy online because they can’t afford the prices here because of stagnant wage growth.

Coles recently started paying their future workers less than what someone working there would have earned last year, same job. That’s not very fair.

Online retail isn’t the problem, it’s the cost of living that’s the problem. If an essential part of living goes up in cost (housing?) then people will want to be paid more so that they can live. If their wages don’t go up they’ll look to start saving money where they can in whatever way possible.

In Europe where countries have import tax you can choose shipping companies that avoid that tax for you. Will the same thing happen here? I’ll just ask my seller, they’ll probably start offering a no import tax option for Australia now...

[au350hp]

Our three tiered Government is so big & bloated and having decided they're worth private sector salaries, have no alternative but to increase current taxes or invent new ones. We are a small population and yet we we have the dearest real estate in the world, some of the worst wages and employment conditions & our public sector is so corrupt & mismanaged, they spend the bulk of their time fighting to block each others plans after they've already spent millions on them.....Why do we trust a Government who sold off the peoples electricity, gas, transport, communications, roads, businesses and our land? Until we demand transparency, we will never have any idea just how much the public sector is taking the p-ss.

[EDManual]

When you see our local shops are adding 500% to most (cheaper) goods I wonder why we would go to the internet and by them for a fifth of the price?

Yes it seems Bunning and places like that (supermarkets, ..) are marking up by around 500%. Dont believe it? I have been to a direct chinese importer and saw the prices shops pay for their stock. Seriously couldnt believe it. Even brand name stuff like deoderants that we pay $5 for, the shops are paying like 85 cents landed!

Anyway, I think 10% tax on imports from overseas is ok. Still way cheap.

[malazn mafia]

Originally Posted by Romulus

Look at the success of Trump and the #MAGA movement. The MSM who are owned by the global elitists and the imbecile left continue to rally against Trump. In the mean time the US is going from strength to strength, record low unemployment, manufacturing returning to the US. Something Obama said wasn't possible, and out current and former government sold us as well.

As long as the sheeple keep thinking Liberol (Liberal/Labor) is going to make a difference the country will continue to be sold off to the lowest bidder at the expense of Australians.

I'm of the firm opinion voting shouldn't be compulsory, it should be voluntary, perhaps even screened so those with double digit IQ's are ineligible to vote.

Liberal and labour are both useless with spineless leaders. Who would be the equivalent of Trump down under? Clive Palmer or Gina Reinhardt?

[jpd80]

just the government switching camps from supporting retailers to protecting tax income

[Romulus]

Originally Posted by malazn mafia

Liberal and labour are both useless with spineless leaders. Who would be the equivalent of Trump down under? Clive Palmer or Gina Reinhardt?

Latham has reformed and denounced his previous Labor views and become a born again Make Australia Great Again advocate.

Andrew Hastie is another chap that comes to mind.

[Bossxr8]

Originally Posted by malazn mafia

Liberal and labour are both useless with spineless leaders. Who would be the equivalent of Trump down under? Clive Palmer or Gina Reinhardt?

Pauline Hanson?

[stevesgt]

Ok i was just told this today,

If the o/s bussiness sales to australia is over $75k per year they have to add 10% gst and give it to aust gov.
If the sale is under $1000 and a private sale no gst is required and you dont have to pay it on entery to aust if under $1000

If the bussiness sales to australia is under $75k per year no gst is payable.

Have jyyst been told this and its come vua the gov in canberra.

Lets hope that is the case

[mac_man_luke]

that makes the most sense and is pretty easily avoidable!

[Rallye Sport]

Has anyone been picked up on this so far? No worries here, so far, with international purchases from all over the globe.
I bought in some gaskets from the UK this week and interesting to see they'd been declared as a 'commercial sample'

[Sprintey]

Model kits & parts being charged 10% on coming out of Japan, it's built into the seller's website. So it is working, looks like the bigger sellers are left to enforce it & I guess they remit to AusGov.

I can picture Mark Latham going nationalist, too.

[yearby]

I just purchased two used items for 1970 Boss 302 from two different private sellers thru eBay USA, eBay added 10% GST to the total cost including 10% on the postage.
One seller refunded some postage costs, but the GST paid was on the original cost quote, not the final cost.

At the same time I purchased an assortment of parts for Boss 302 including sump through Craigslist USA, again private seller, cheaper postage, no eBay fees, and no GST.

So, how does that work??

[happy1]

Hi,
You are lucky if you actually receive the items from Craigslist.

Anyway, I have bought some items of eBay since July, and 10% GST is added when you check out / finalize the purchase of the item. Doesn't matter if you log in to ebay UK, US, or AU, when the buyer is in AU it adds 10% GST.

Cheers,

[mike_nofx]

I wonder what happens if you buy with a VPN and are ‘located’ overseas but request it be shipped to an Australian address?

[adkaz71]

Originally Posted by stevesgt

Ok i was just told this today,

If the o/s bussiness sales to australia is over $75k per year they have to add 10% gst and give it to aust gov.
If the sale is under $1000 and a private sale no gst is required and you dont have to pay it on entery to aust if under $1000

If the bussiness sales to australia is under $75k per year no gst is payable.

Have jyyst been told this and its come vua the gov in canberra.

Lets hope that is the case

I have recently purchased some motorcycle parts from Ebay US and had them sent to a family friend over there. Was about $350USD including shipping to Aus.

They arrived earlier this week and I can confirm in my case I paid no GST on the purchases and it was delivered as normal.

Adam

[Blue Roo]

Originally Posted by malazn mafia

Liberal and labour are both useless with spineless leaders. Who would be the equivalent of Trump down under? Clive Palmer or Gina Reinhardt?

After today's episode of who wants to be the next Prime Minister. I think we should get Donald Trump down here and make him the next PM. Trump would get Australia back on its feet and clean out the government B. S.

[383hq]

Trump might even take the job, given the Australian PM gets paid more than US President.

Bizarre when you consider the population difference, Economic differences and size of military machine one is commander and chief of.....

Who cares, its just Australian taxpayers money Right?

[GO FURTHER]

Originally Posted by 383hq

Trump might even take the job, given the Australian PM gets paid more than US President.

Trump donates his entire presidential salary to charity.

[383hq]

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/pm-malco...an-in-the-oecd

His salary (donated) is still $120K year less than p1ssant politicians from Australia.

Its a bit like the pay difference between the recently departed Aus post Head Honcho and the USPS post master pay...