Hi fellas
With the recent changes to GST rules for low value imports most of the Chinese websites like GB and BG and Zapals are meant to collect GST at checkout. Same as Ebay obviously. The onus is on those businesses to do the tax collection rather than on the individual as Australia post will not do that due to prohibitively high costs.
So what I wanted to ask is - are there alternative websites that will import to Au without GST collected at checkout? I’m willing to pay GST if charged at the border however chances of that are low. Call it a legal loophole?
Cheers
GST on Small Value Goods
SteatoLegato on 03/09/2018 - 18:05
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Gerry lobbied hard for it and was all over tv crying for Australian businesses needing a fair and level playing field (instead of just being more competitive of providing better service) and who knows who he "donated" too in order to ensure it was passed. That's the reason people blame him.
And yes Libs and Labour both suck. Their party lines are fairly blurred. Labour happily let the data retention laws pass too.
I kinda agree with you, Gerry isn't the problem. Everyone has the right to lobby the government. Where were the lobbyist against this GST introduction? Australians are indifferent, in that they are initially unhappy to see additional taxes, but this quickly wanes to downright acceptance.
The problem is not the Liberal and Labour parties, but the voters. You have to go back to the beginning. When a party platform is based on the introduction of a new tax, that is the GST, voters had a choice to nip this in the butt, and unfortunately they voted yes and therefore are accepting of the GST and all that follows.
Where were the lobbyist against this GST introduction?
Australians shouldn't need to lobby for politicians to act in the public's best interests. It should really be assumed to be part of the job.
For some reason you're blaming Gerry when Gerry isn't the problem, the problem is the Liberal and Labour Parties.
There's no reason we can't blame all three.
Easy.
Try to use Chinese delivery address. Some Chinese companies specially do delivery parcels from China to Aussie.
Mail forwarding companies can also be required to charge GST, but I guess they are more likely than the major sellers to fall under the $75k threshold to register.
Banggood just adds it on and doesn’t tell you what it is for. It’s just added. And I have no doubt whatsoever that none of the places ever have the intention of passing this onto the Australian government.
This is a massive windfall for Chinese selling sites, as they get to throw on 10% extra, say they have too, no one will question it and it will just go into their own pockets…
Nah they will have to declare volume of sales and pay gst accordingly. It’s not done on a per item but rather on amount of sales per month or so. I hope there are smaller players who care not about collecting the tax for a variety of reasons. Say if you buy things from hobbyking - do they charge gst?
Shameless plug as I'm the rep but GeekBuying does not charge GST. In terms of company size they're far from being small too ;)
Most likely some sellers do this, they place the item as a "gift" and thus get around GST, because the amount of work a person has to do to recover 1 dollar off your 10 dollar purchase is laughable. A lot of these sellers have been doing it for a while due to taxes in other countries (EU?)
Personally I can't see what the ATO could do if a foreign company refuses to comply. Also wonder, for those companies who do charge the GST, whether they pass on said GST to the ATO as there is no way for the ATO to check.
Well done Gerry you POS.