By my understanding the GST was not previously charged on under $1K purchases from overseas as it costs more than $1 for every $1 of GST collected. The only ones who would be happy would be Gerry Harvy and his cohort when we all pay GST on everything that comes in, where on many items coming in it is still vastly cheaper to import as needed and the tax take is smaller than the cost to collect it so we also pay the difference in our income tax (It has to come from somewhere)
For much of the stuff I have bought online the price difference between local and overseas supply (Usually US) is so stark that I will still do it.
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