GST on all imports July 2018

[rapadaan]

Yes kicks in  this July  already talking an extra added  $5 security fee !

[lyndal1838]

Anything that you buy on ebay will attract the GST as the government has stipulated that for the purposes of the GST ebay is the seller.

The only way you might avoid it is by buying from small international sellers who are not registered for the GST....if you can find them.

[k1ooo-slr-sales]

@bigray 

here's a link to a thread that you should read:

https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Buying/GST-when-buying-overseas-a-few-FACTS/m-p/2171248#M92475

[*tippy*toes*]

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@maddman wrote:

Holy **bleep**.... This is the first time I've come across this tax!

my best offer got accepted, went to pay and the tax was added on. I was so confused. It's more than 10%!! I came here to find out what the hell was going on before I paid.

So it's only for business making over $75k that I need to avoid?

Now I've gotta try and get out of this sale

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Holy taxes Batman, I've been paying this tax for 18 years. Certainly far from being a new thing.

Good luck trying to get out of the sale, when it has absolutely nothing to do with the seller. Unless the item was super expensive, the tax isn't going to be that much anyway. If you bought the same item from a shop here, you'd be charged GST on it, so not sure why you're complaining. The only difference is, you don't know how much tax you've paid until AFTER you've paid and see it on the receipt.

GST on overseas sales was heavily advertised both on eBay and in the media (of all kinds). Not sure how you could have missed it.

[deagrimmon0]

Anyone have any idea why I'm being charged GST twice?

The checkout included GST, but when I paid that, I got another notification from my bank that an additional 10% was charged on top of that. so it was $16 + $1.6 GST = $17.6 but then I got another charge from ebay for $1.76. So essentially $3.36 GST on a $16 item or 21% GST.

[k1ooo-slr-sales]

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@deagrimmon0 wrote:

Anyone have any idea why I'm being charged GST twice?

The checkout included GST, but when I paid that, I got another notification from my bank that an additional 10% was charged on top of that. so it was $16 + $1.6 GST = $17.6 but then I got another charge from ebay for $1.76. So essentially $3.36 GST on a $16 item or 21% GST.

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more details would be required.

What was the shipping charge?

Did you pay by PayPal?

Could one of those charges have been a currency conversion charge?

[4channel]

　

Quote maranock:

You know, I think I have a solution for your. it is free to start up a small business under your own name, and free to register for GST - not sure how much it is to get a second hand dealers licence though, but depending on what you want to buy and the nature of your business you may not need to get one.

Start up a little business and then you can claim back the GST you have claimed on your business expenses - no more paying that pesky tax.

Quote 4channel:

　

Thanks for the suggestion. There are a whole lot of other people besides myself who feel the discomfort of GST. Teenagers, retirees, working folk, mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers etc. Even if I never were to buy of Ebay any more, I'd still have an issue with other people having to pay GST on second hand items (many of which are from ordinary people selling their unwanted stuff). So there we have it!

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@countessalmirena wrote:

If an ordinary average person - teenager, retiree, working person, mother, father, sister, brother - wanted to buy a second-hand item from Cash Converters, that person would be paying GST. That hasn't changed.

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Yes countessalmirena, if an ordinary person buys from Cash Converters, they would expect to pay GST. Even though I don't agree with GST as such, I accept the fact that Cash Conv is a company and people would have to pay.  But, an ordinary person (MFSB)  in Australia buying of an ordinary every day person (MFSB) in the US or the UK who is selling off some unwanted things should not have to pay 10% of the goods value GST for that transaction. That is wrong!

BTW: MFSB is the name of a Philly soul group that had a hit in 73 or 74 with TSOP. And MFSB stands for Mother, Father, Sister, Brother.

[k1ooo-slr-sales]

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@4channel wrote:

BTW: MFSB is the name of a Philly soul group that had a hit in 73 or 74 with TSOP. And MFSB stands for Mother, Father, Sister, Brother.

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Spoiler

sure it does!!!! 

[4channel]

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@k1ooo-slr-sales wrote:

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@4channel wrote:

BTW: MFSB is the name of a Philly soul group that had a hit in 73 or 74 with TSOP. And MFSB stands for Mother, Father, Sister, Brother.

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Spoiler

sure it does!!!! 

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MFSB

Spoiler

MFSB - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MFSB

MFSB TSOP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYhgMI9Zx-g

It sure does!

[digital*ghost]

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@4channel wrote:

 But, an ordinary person  in Australia buying of an ordinary every day person in the US or the UK who is selling off some unwanted things should not have to pay 10% of the goods value GST for that transaction. 

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You speak like no one has a choice.

That is just incorrect - everyone has a choice. No one has to buy on eBay, or any other site where their purchase might be subject to GST.

Expand your horizons a little, venture out a little further, and discover potentially millions of options to purchase goods from individuals and businesses that don't meet the criteria where they will have to collect GST from Australian buyers, because you can actually avoid it if you disagree with it so much.

[zanadoo_56]

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@tgoo2526 wrote:

I think you will find that goods sold from Australia already have the GST compenent added into the price, so you still pay a GST, just not an added seperate GST...YET!

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When I used to buy art and drafting supplies for my own use but at work (our work stationery budget was appalling) I used to shop at a place where everything was labelled with the price, but as most of their customers were businesses, they didn't include the tax (this was pre GST).  As I was not a business, on went the tax at payment.  Ouch.  Especially as some items attracted a 30% tax.

When I used to buy seashells from an Oz dealer if the shells were 'natural' ie not used in art or altered in some way, there was no tax.  If you bought something made out of seashells the tax was 30%.  Even when the GST came in initially that 30% tax remained.  I don't know what the situation is now as the dealer retired and I no longer buy seashells.