Re: Amazon Australians to register for GST

From	"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	aus.computers
Subject	Re: Amazon Australians to register for GST
Date	2017-07-02 06:50 +1000
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Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote 
> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
>> felix <felix@real_felix.invalid> wrote 
>>> SolomonW wrote

>>>> I got an email the other day from Amazon asking me 
>>>> to register for GST otherwise I will get charged GST.

>>> yes because the govt is putting gst on overseas purchases
 
>> Nope, because amazon is starting up here. 

> Nope. 

We'll see...

> I got one from Amazon Web Services and they're 
> nothing to do with the new Australian warehouse:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Web_Services

But once they are have a physical presence here, they
have to charge the GST on all stuff that GST applys to. 
 
> Ebay have also been making noise about 
> what they've been calling the "Netflix Tax".

Separate matter entirely. 
 
> From Ebay:
> "This legislative change imposes Goods and Services Tax 
> (GST) on digitally delivered services offered to Australian based 
> consumers by non-resident suppliers, starting 1 July 2017.
> This includes the eBay service."
 
> In Ebay's case the tax is only on the sales fee, which 
> is usually 10% for individuals, so it effectively increases 
> the fee to %11 unless the seller is GST registered.

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Amazon  Australians to register for GST SolomonW <SolomonW@citi.com> - 2017-06-29 20:11 +1000
  Re: Amazon Australians to register for GST felix <felix@real_felix.invalid> - 2017-06-29 21:24 +1000
    Re: Amazon Australians to register for GST "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2017-06-30 11:06 +1000
      Re: Amazon Australians to register for GST not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2017-07-01 01:28 +0000
        Re: Amazon Australians to register for GST "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2017-07-02 06:50 +1000
          Re: Amazon Australians to register for GST not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2017-07-02 00:49 +0000
            Re: Amazon Australians to register for GST "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2017-07-02 12:08 +1000
              Re: Amazon Australians to register for GST not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2017-07-02 23:09 +0000
                Re: Amazon Australians to register for GST "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2017-07-03 10:37 +1000
                Re: Amazon Australians to register for GST not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2017-07-08 02:48 +0000
      Re: Amazon Australians to register for GST Gordon Levi <gordon@address.invalid> - 2017-07-02 12:43 +1000
        Re: Amazon Australians to register for GST "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2017-07-02 13:22 +1000
        Re: Amazon Australians to register for GST SolomonW <SolomonW@citi.com> - 2017-07-06 04:06 +1000
          Re: Amazon Australians to register for GST Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2017-07-06 11:38 +1000
            Re: Amazon Australians to register for GST SolomonW <SolomonW@citi.com> - 2017-07-08 18:56 +1000

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