TRS (Claiming GST) - Tax Invoice Has Been Damaged

LSvky on 16/04/2017 - 16:05
Last edited 16/04/2017 - 17:16 by 1 other user

So I have just bought a MacBook from JB hifi and the unfortunate thing happened, the receipt got ripped apart.

I walked back to JB and they happily to reprint the receipt but it will have the word "reprint copy" on the top. I have been told that i would have problem claiming the GST back with it. The next best thing they can do is writing up a manual receipt (with my name,address and phone number written on it) and they stapled it together with the original invoice (she taped it for me)

The problem is the manual invoice has no room for GST, so it only has the total amount

Anyone had experience claiming the GST back with damaged invoice?

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  clem0ximus on 16/04/2017 - 16:13

  Tape up the original it is still treated as original if it is still eligible..

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    Svky on 16/04/2017 - 21:33

    Done this already

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  plmko on 16/04/2017 - 16:25

  +1

  TBH just photo edit the reprint to remove 'reprint copy', how would they know it's fake if the paper isn't printed on a water mark. If they investigated it the receipt number correlates to a real transaction so no problem.

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    ronnknee on 16/04/2017 - 20:18

    It's printed on thermal paper.

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      Svky on 16/04/2017 - 21:33

      Yes unfortunately

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  modsec802 on 16/04/2017 - 19:21

  I'd be more worried about being over the $900 limit TBH

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    fickre on 16/04/2017 - 19:31

    I'm out of loop, what limit is this other than GST from overseas?

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      modsec802 on 16/04/2017 - 20:08

      If you claim GST back on an item > $900 you're meant to declare it on the way back in (and pay back the GST). They're becoming a bit stricter on this recently - a MacBook is much more than $900

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        Svky on 16/04/2017 - 21:32

        I should be fine for this. It is for a gift for relative overseas (not really my sister paid most of them)

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  bdl on 16/04/2017 - 23:04

  Take reprint copy and torn original, no problem

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  Randxyz123 on 16/04/2017 - 23:34

  As others have said

  1) for items over $1000 you need the name and address of the traveller on the receipt.

  2) If you take the damaged original one and the reprint copy. You'll be fine.

  I'll verify this when I'm home but I'm pretty sure my hand written receipt has a place for gst. I'm not sure what you mean by "no room". For a Australian tax invoice the receipt has to include the gst

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  tajid on 17/04/2017 - 18:56

  I posted something similar (to a certain degree) here https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/279971

  Bought stuff from JB with no GST amount on it and got them to write a manual invoice, I stapled all I have and had no problem at all when claiming TRS. Good luck