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Originally Posted by Sparksinspace
I thought that GST would be charged on import of item and that it would be charged when it landed in Australia and would not be released from customs until it was paid? is this not the case?
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AFAIK, sellers are meant to incorporate the GST into their checkout price when said buyer goes to buy. But, only if they sell more than 75k worth of goods to Australians p.a. How the Australian government is going to check that I don't now lol. I suspect many overseas sellers/companies will simply refuse to ship to Australia under any circumstances (most American EBayers will NOT ship to Australia, I base this on personal experiences over the past 15 years with EBay and hundreds of purchases.
This imposed GST will be another death knell to the few companies who do ship to Australia imho.
This imposed GST does not serve the Australian constituents in any way, shape or form. The Australian government would have been far better ensuring that businesses, especially the large corporate tax dodgers like Apple Computers, actually pay the appropriate taxes and contribute to Australian society. But nah, that's too much work and plus, or "big brother", the US of A would heavily frown upon us "attacking" US business interests.