Why is eBay charging GST to ABN holders who are GST registered and Import Items from overseas?

[kalabjim]

This info may interest GST Registered Businesses who buy from overseas on eBay to resell.

Do you import goods worth A$1,000 or less? | Australian Taxation Office

https://www.ato.gov.au/Newsroom/smallbusiness/GST-and-excise/Do-you-import-goods-worth-A$1,000-or-le...

12 June 2018

From 1 July 2018 overseas businesses that meet the GST registration threshold of A$75,000 will need to charge GST on goods that are:

less than A$1,000 (low value)
imported into Australia
not GST-free (such as most basic food, alcohol, tobacco, or tobacco products).

How will this affect you?

You will be charged GST on low value goods that you import if you are:

not registered for GST, or
are GST registered but importing goods for personal use.

You should not be charged GST if you:

are registered for GST
import the low value goods for business use in Australia, and
provide your ABN to the supplier and a statement that you are registered for GST.

If you're charged GST incorrectly you should contact the supplier to let them know that you're registered for GST, and request a refund.

Note that not all receipts that have GST applied will be tax invoices. They will need to contain an ABN to be considered a tax invoice. Overseas suppliers may be registered in the simplified GST system and have an ARN instead of an ABN

[maranock]

The issue of GST has been discussed to death. But to answer your first issue, I am a business registered for GST and everything I buy has GST added (just like Ebay now colelcting), I then claim back that GST on my BAS, just like buying from an other Australian business that is registered. Supplying my ABN to a business that I buy off does not allow them to not charge.

When I buy an overseas Item here Ebay collects the GST and gives me a tax receipt showing that. It is all above the law and works how the Government has planned.

I think you are a bit confused and should take it up with your accountand who can explain it.