Better order before July 1.

[DiscoMick]

That's when the government intends to impose a 10 percent GST on imported goods costing less than $1000. That is, if it can force foreign companies to collect the tax.

Labor calls for 12-month delay on import GST

Labor calls for 12-month delay on import GST | Australia news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/apr/22/labor-calls-for-12-month-delay-on-import-gst?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard)

[mr_squiggle]

It looks like being a nightmare for the overseas companies to administer. So much so there's talk that Aussies will be blocked from buying.
Scare tactics? Who knows!

[loneranger]

It looks like being a nightmare for the overseas companies to administer. So much so there's talk that Aussies will be blocked from buying.
Scare tactics? Who knows!
Which is exactly what Gerry Harvey wants.

That's when the government intends to impose a 10 percent GST on imported goods costing less than $1000. That is, if it can force foreign companies to collect the tax.

Labor calls for 12-month delay on import GST

Labor calls for 12-month delay on import GST | Australia news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/apr/22/labor-calls-for-12-month-delay-on-import-gst?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard)

[1950landy]

I was reading the other day in the news that Ebay are thinking of blocking Australia from using Ebay as they say that collecting the GST for Aust Gov is going to be too difficult to administer .[bigsad]

[Rob2]

Which is exactly what Gerry Harvey wants.


Which is exactly why I don't shop with harvey norman.

[loanrangie]

In reality people generally only buy low value electronics or clothing/footwear from OS and all the big ticket items are purchased locally, so i dont see what Gerry is whinging about.

[rangieman]

In reality people generally only buy low value electronics or clothing/footwear from OS and all the big ticket items are purchased locally, so i dont see what Gerry is whinging about.
Gerry is whinging because he feels he is losing dollars that is why [wink11]
You know it is not about the Government it is poor Gerry oh my heart bleeds for him [bigrolf]
Oh the almighty dollar[bighmmm]

[trout1105]

I was reading the other day in the news that Ebay are thinking of blocking Australia from using Ebay as they say that collecting the GST for Aust Gov is going to be too difficult to administer

I very much doubt that eBay would abandon it's Australian "Cash Cow".
Harvey Norman sources a great deal of its inventory overseas and has been making a fortune Marking up the prices to Australian consumers for years now.
Maybe if the prices at Hardly Normal were more competitive and reflected the true value of the goods sold Old Mate Gerry wouldn't have to worry about the internet sellers.

[loneranger]

The way I see it when I buy online is I'm doing tbe same as big business albiet on a smaller scale. It's not like much is made in Australia anymore so why should I pay someone else to import it if I don't need to.

[Stuck]

I very much doubt that eBay would abandon it's Australian "Cash Cow".

Along with their partner Paypal it's money for nothing.

[trog]

Doesn't bother me. I don't eBay , Amazon etc shop . If I can't get it myself , do I really need it ?
Besides isn't there a new found push to get the bigger players to pay tax on their Aust earnings ? Makes sense that all things being equal the eBay gst makes sense.

[DiscoMick]

I see Amazon is currently setting up an Australian warehouse. Maybe eBay should do the same. Would still have to collect the GST on goods under $1000, but it might be simpler to administer through a local branch rather than from overseas.

[loanrangie]

EBay don't own anything to sell , they are only a vehicle for sellers.

[mr_squiggle]

EBay don't own anything to sell , they are only a vehicle for sellers.

Same as Amazon & Alibaba

[DiscoMick]

They'll still have to collect the GST, like any retailer.

[Mick_Marsh]

They'll still have to collect the GST, like any retailer.

Ebay only sells advertising space and other services relating to the sale. It would be easy for them to attach a GST component to what they charge the seller.
That is where ebays GST responsibility ends, or are you suggesting billboard companies and newspapers (in their classified sections) now have the responsibility to collect the GST on items sold in this method? Does Incisor now have to collect the GST on items sold through the items for sale section of this forum?
I think not.


I see Amazon is currently setting up an Australian warehouse. Maybe eBay should do the same.
Why? They have no wares to house.

[Eevo]

It looks like being a nightmare for the overseas companies to administer. So much so there's talk that Aussies will be blocked from buying.
Scare tactics? Who knows!


nightmare for the ATO to administer.

[V8Ian]

GST is only payable on new, not secondhand goods.

[Eevo]

GST is only payable on new, not secondhand goods.

plenty of new goods on ebay.
or are you referring to something else?

[Mick_Marsh]

plenty of new goods on ebay.
or are you referring to something else?
Plenty of s/h stuff too.
Generally speaking, my ebay buying habits, I buy s/h stuff from os but, even if it is a few dollars more, I buy new stuff from Aus sellers, and they pay GST already.

[cuppabillytea]

The Government has Buckley's of collecting.

Shopping at Hardly Normal, is not a pleasant experience either.

[Mick_Marsh]

The Government has Buckley's of collecting.

Shopping at Hardly Normal, is not a pleasant experience either.

That's because he just rents out floor space to separate stores, though you wouldn't know it.
The last time I almost shopped there I wandered around the store selecting items. Three of them. I took them to a counter to pay. The attendants of that counter told me I had to pay three different times at three different counters for the three different items.
I left the items at that counter and walked out never to return. There are other places willing to make it easier to take my money.

[cuppabillytea]

That's because he just rents out floor space to separate stores, though you wouldn't know it.
The last time I almost shopped there I wandered around the store selecting items. Three of them. I took them to a counter to pay. The attendants of that counter told me I had to pay three different times at three different counters for the three different items.
I left the items at that counter and walked out never to return. There are other places willing to make it easier to take my money.
I wish I had followed you out the door. Instead I had to go to the loading dock, wait for my stuff and load my own vehicle.

[Mick_Marsh]

I wish I had followed you out the door. Instead I had to go to the loading dock, wait for my stuff and load my own vehicle.
I bough a new Westinghouse D4 recently. Went to one of their competitors. They delivered it. Even offered to take the old one away.

[cuppabillytea]

I bough a new Westinghouse D4 recently. Went to one of their competitors. They delivered it. Even offered to take the old one away.

That's service. I don't mind paying for that.



Was it Blue?

[Mick_Marsh]

That's service. I don't mind paying for that.



Was it Blue?
No, appliance white.
I did want brushed stainless but they didn't stock that colour.
Might get it wrapped in woodgrain vinyl, when I get the Camry wrapped the same.

[DiscoMick]

Ebay only sells advertising space and other services relating to the sale. It would be easy for them to attach a GST component to what they charge the seller.
That is where ebays GST responsibility ends, or are you suggesting billboard companies and newspapers (in their classified sections) now have the responsibility to collect the GST on items sold in this method? Does Incisor now have to collect the GST on items sold through the items for sale section of this forum?
I think not.


Why? They have no wares to house.
I think you need to re-read the original story I posted which says the government wants to impose a vendors model and make eBay, Amazon and Alibaba and others collect a 10 percent GST on imported goods costing less than $1000.

[350RRC]

So ebay UK aren't dealing with VAT?

school me please, DL