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Amazon Blocked In Australia: How It Affects You
32Amazon has announced it will be blocking Australians from its international sites and limiting us to to the much smaller amazon.com.au, saying it’s all about compliance with new GST rules on online purchases. Whiles there’s support from one quarter, most people are pretty angry at Amazon.
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The Government Is Clueless About eBay And Online Retail
A few years ago, after much whining and hand-wringing by olde worlde retailers, the federal government began looking into changing the law around GST collection from overseas retailers on purchases of under $1000. Even though it would cost more to collect the GST than the tax would raise the government wants to kick start this…
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Adobe Is Now Charging GST For All Online Products And Services
We have some bad news for Photoshop, Premiere and Creative Cloud users. Next month, Adobe will start charging GST on all products and subscription services in accordance with Australia tax laws. That’s right — the worst offender of the ‘Australia Tax’ now has an actual Australia tax. Here’s what you need to know, including a…
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GST-Free Threshold Axed: 10% Tax Coming To All Overseas Purchases
It’s official: All overseas purchases under $1000 will soon be subject to a 10 per cent GST surcharge, following a consensus on tax reform between state and federal treasurers. In other words, your future Amazon and eBay orders are going to be treated the same way as a local purchase. Call it the Gerry Harvey…