on 12-07-2018 11:40 AM
Be aware ebay is wrongfully charging 10% GST on the postage cost at checkout when buying from an international seller when buying on ebay Australia.GST should only apply to the item and NOT the postage costs
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on 12-07-2018 07:11 PM
on 27-07-2018 09:57 AM
GST is not ebays fault it is the aust government who want it. Technically speaking GST can be applied to anything as it is a goods and services tax, postage is a service. GST is unfair to the people but there is nothing any of us can do it about it.
Make more money is your only answer.
02-08-2018 12:05 AM - edited 02-08-2018 12:08 AM
I don't think it's fair to charge gst here whilst VAT is charged ove in England so the government is getting tax for something that we also pay tax to the seller. Not right!! Also Vat and tax is payed on overseas stuff too which is included in the prices we pay, so we pay tax here for nothing provided here. The only tax we should be paying to the Australian government is for the money made here in Australia. And the only tax we should be paying is for the fee charged by ebay for providing the service which we pay too. And that's only for selling which we already pay. Ebay does not charge buyers for buying. It is free to buy. Australian government getting money for no reason other than coruption and greed. Just a money grab. Think about it people.
on 02-08-2018 12:12 AM
You have certainly shown that you do not understand the GST at all.
The BUYER pays the GST, not the seller and it is paid to ebay not to the seller. Ebay remits it to the ATO.
on 02-08-2018 12:48 AM
on 02-08-2018 01:15 AM
you do not understand it at all. It is allright to be cranky about it, in fact I do not think you will find too many that are happy about it.
But the fact remains that GST and import fees, now applies on Low value imports and shipping costs, the same as it has always done on imports over $1000 By the way, when you import something from overseas. you are not required to pay VAT Etc
on 02-08-2018 09:46 AM
on 02-08-2018 12:27 PM
so if someone sells something in the UK to someone overseas they don't pay any taxes on that income? wow.
on 02-08-2018 01:00 PM
on 02-08-2018 04:42 PM
@bidder_57 wrote:so if someone sells something in the UK to someone overseas they don't pay any taxes on that income? wow.
Learn how importing and exporting works. If I sell something to England, it is sold GST Exempt. As the English buyer is not required to PAY GST in Australia.
If I buy from a person in England, it is sold to me VAT Exempt, as I am Not required to pay VAT or any other taxes in England.
Now due to recent changes to low value imports into Australia, which brings low value imports into line with those exceeding $1000.
If I buy something from the same seller in England, via ebay, I still do not pay VAT in England, but ebay are now required to add
GST to my total import, IE: Item + shipping and I may also be charged additional import fees.
If I sell an item to the same buyer in England, there is no change and the item is still sold GST exempt, as the buyer is still not
required to pay GST in Australia.
Now, If buyiing direct from international sellers, that is not via ebay, If that seller exports more than $75,000 of goods to Australia per annum, they are required to be registered for GST with the ATO (As if they were Aussie Company) and they are now required to add the GST to any items + shipping that are to be imported to Australia.
I have allready been advised by a number of International companies, from which I import direct, that they are now required to add GST to my orders, where as in the past my orders have been exempt from International VAT/GST style taxes, and only subject
to GST and import fees at point of entry, if they exceeded $1000