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Tourist Refund Scheme (TRS) Australia

haungsan5 — Mon, 26 May 2025 03:30:44 GMT

Dear eBay Australia community,

If anyone of you have successfully made tax claim via Tourist Refund Scheme (TRS) Australia (details here: https://www.abf.gov.au/entering-and-leaving-australia/tourist-refund-scheme), can you please confirm me whether or not any claimable item(s) of more than AUD300 in value bought from ebay Australia can be claimed via Tourist Refund Scheme (TRS) Australia?

If yes, what information do I need to ask/get from seller on ebay Australia, and/or from ebay Australia itself?

Thank you very much in anticipation for your great help.

Re: Tourist Refund Scheme (TRS) Australia

gutterpunkz05 — Mon, 26 May 2025 06:15:07 GMT

Try the inquiry form or phone numbers provided in the ABF link.

You won't get anything from ebay, so you will need to get official tax receipt from a GST registered business as per criteria in link.

Re: Tourist Refund Scheme (TRS) Australia

rebholl16 — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 10:00:21 GMT

so you have to be a business an have all the paperwork to get a refund right? i'm not sure

Re: Tourist Refund Scheme (TRS) Australia

gutterpunkz05 — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 10:27:46 GMT

No, but the receipts you wish to claim on, must be official tax receipts, from Australian GST registered businesses.

You will not get this from ebay, so would have to obtain from individual sellers, purchased via ebay or not.

Did you read the ABF link

Re: Tourist Refund Scheme (TRS) Australia

haungsan5 — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 00:03:06 GMT

Thank you everyone for comments. As I have found a better promotion from JB Hi-Fi, I have bought it from JB Hi-Fi and sorted my TRS issue. As some user have commented, and as you might have already known, yes, the buyer has to produce a receipt that has ABN, business name of the seller, item descriptions and price, receipt number, and GST amount of the item price, and of course date/time of purchase, in order to make TRS claim.