topic Re: GST on postage in Buying

GST on postage

romali1960 — Fri, 20 Jul 2018 06:50:07 GMT

Why are we being charged GST on postage when the Ebay info link on GST states that international mail is exempt?

Re: GST on postage

outback_blends — Fri, 20 Jul 2018 06:55:59 GMT

Ebay charge a fee on postage. The GST you are paying is the gst -on the fee- not the postage itself.

Re: GST on postage

gutterpunkz05 — Fri, 20 Jul 2018 07:15:00 GMT

@romali1960 wrote:
Why are we being charged GST on postage when the Ebay info link on GST states that international mail is exempt?

I think you will find that you are refering to International mail originating from Australia, that is exports.

The New GST on low value imports, also applies to the import postage/shipping costs.

Re: GST on postage

kopenhagen5 — Fri, 20 Jul 2018 08:50:38 GMT

The GST is on total invoice at point of sale being for Goods and Sevices.

Shipping/postage is a service.

Re: GST on postage

khulu74 — Fri, 20 Jul 2018 19:55:58 GMT

Because of our dic$#head liberal politicians and the money hungry GHarvey..especially our lib. government thinks that it is ok and easy to get money from small-man’s pocket, we are an easy target for them..so instead of decreasing the auspost’s int. postage costs and giving a chance all Australian online sellers be competitive in their platforms, boosting their appearance in the searches (like the German government done a good improvement on Deutsche Posts postage cost about 2 years ago, they create/put a new letter package service up to 250/500gr bracket and halved the int. Postage prices, since then nearly all german ebay sellers come #1 in my postage + price lowest searches on ebay) Oh yes, there is import tax in Germay an in the UK as well as in EU countries but there is always exemptions (like in Germany, Import duties do not arise where gifts worth not more than 45 euros are sent by one private individual to another, as long as certain conditions are complied with) by the way German, UK and the other EU countries governments must be stupid as they don't push the online selling platforms in their countries to collect tax from its users like our government..we the Australian small online sellers weren’t competitive against ebay global & individual sellers, but we could find and buy goods cheaper from overseas and re-sell them in domestic market to make some money and keep the market afloat. Now our buying abilities restricted by lib. Governmet. So they hit small casual sellers, bargain hunters, collectors like me. Anyway we will see clearly the impact of this stupidity in coming 5-6 months time..

Re: GST on postage

topogon — Sat, 15 Sep 2018 01:17:58 GMT

Aus Post say there is no GST on international postage. I too believe eby are wrong here.

"Australia has a postal system which is reasonably efficient. One oddity of the system is that G.S.T. (Goods and Services Tax) applies to domestic postage, but not to international postage. "

Re: GST on postage

k1ooo-slr-sales — Sat, 15 Sep 2018 01:53:24 GMT

@topogon wrote:
Aus Post say there is no GST on international postage. I too believe eby are wrong here.

"Australia has a postal system which is reasonably efficient. One oddity of the system is that G.S.T. (Goods and Services Tax) applies to domestic postage, but not to international postage. "

there have been members who have posted on these boards that “there is no GST on international postage” as an argument against eBay charging GST on the postage paid by international sellers selling to Australians i.e. the overseas sellers are paying for international postage from their own country to post to Australia.

The GST exemption on international postage is for postage paid to Australia post to post an item from Australia to an overseas location.

When eBay charge GST on the fees they charge Australian sellers they are not charging GST on postage, they are charging GST on the fees they charge.

Re: GST on postage

violet_coloured_girl — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 01:39:45 GMT

@k1ooo-slr-sales wrote:

... they are not charging GST on postage, they are charging GST on the fees they charge.

And what fees are these? They are **postage** fees.

Australia does not charge (nor does it have any right to charge) GST on French postage. They only have the right to charge GST on **Australian** postage ("Australia Post" postage), but they have decided to grant an exemption to that, so GST is not applicable to any postage.

So, the application of GST to postage by eBay in inappropriate and possibly illegal.

Re: GST on postage

domino-710 — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 02:27:32 GMT

No - they are not postage fees - nor GST.

eBay charges fees on the whole sale amount which includes the postage.

Re: GST on postage

padi*0409 — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 03:09:11 GMT

Maybe vcg is in need of a Rocket Scientist Dom ? 🤣

Re: GST on postage

domino-710 — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 03:12:34 GMT

LOL - I'm worried about the ' colour ' - lack of oxygen ??

Re: GST on postage

k1ooo-slr-sales — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 04:39:47 GMT

@violet_coloured_girl wrote:
@k1ooo-slr-sales wrote:

... they are not charging GST on postage, they are charging GST on the fees they charge.
And what fees are these? They are **postage** fees.

Australia does not charge (nor does it have any right to charge) GST on French postage. They only have the right to charge GST on **Australian** postage ("Australia Post" postage), but they have decided to grant an exemption to that, so GST is not applicable to any postage.

So, the application of GST to postage by eBay in inappropriate and possibly illegal.

you are so wrong on many levels.

I could say that I don’t have time for a detailed reply . . . but that would be a lie, I have all day! It’s just that I couldn’t be bothered trying to educate you on eBay, fees and GST. I am not passing judgement on your capacity to learn or be educated, that would be wrong of me, I truly just can’t be bothered!

I will say this though, the GST on Low Value Imports legislation does give the Government the legal right to charge GST on the total cost of an overseas eBay transaction, even if that total includes French postage.

And, again, eBay does not charge GST on Australian postage, they charge GST on eBay selling fees.

(End of lesson)

Re: GST on postage

domino-710 — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 05:14:15 GMT

Crikey - you just did - all of that. lol

Re: GST on postage

k1ooo-slr-sales — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 05:19:21 GMT

I know!

(But it is a good thing that I did not devote much time on my reply, good for everybody!)

Re: GST on postage

domino-710 — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 05:23:51 GMT

🤣

Re: GST on postage

tinker48486 — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 17:32:58 GMT

when you buy a postage package from aust post u pay gst inclusive so why does ebay charge u again for postage fees which has already paid How can ebay charge again for the fees i have already paid including gst when they are not reciec=ving the goods

Re: GST on postage

tinker48486 — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 17:50:04 GMT

i do not have time either but ebay charge for the sale of items %12 and on top of that they charge a GSTon postage fees which have already been paid to who delivers the package so what does ebay have to do with postage .They do not supply or send or give a service so far as postage goes so they are charging for a fee that has already been paid by the seller,Postage should have nothing to do with postage and handling as they do nopostage or handling

Re: GST on postage

k1ooo-slr-sales — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 19:26:59 GMT

go back and read the previous posts.

I will type it out slowly for you, well maybe read it slowly:

eBay do not charge GST on domestic postage. They do charge sellers GST on the fees they pay, including the fees on postage. When a member buys from overseas, they do charge GST on the postage paid on items under the GST on Low Value Imports legislation.

One last thing, do you know Stanley? He should be along soon to leave a post, him or one of his friends!

Re: GST on postage

valcampi-77 — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 22:48:32 GMT

Hi everyone,

Due to the age of this thread, it has been closed to further replies. Please feel free to start a new thread HERE if you wish to continue to discuss this topic.

Thank you for understanding.