Purchasing Parts From O/s Duty & Gst Change

[Plattsy]

what about schedule 442?

[B-rice]

Just get your suppliers to overly downprice the receipt should still be cheaper. Better get my coppermix asap.

[GTRKat]

it is LVT (low value threshold), so applies irrespective of where it originates from. if currently under $1000 then no duty/ gst - but will change.

Going to cost them more to police than what it's really worth.

Hopefully doesn't go ahead or it seriously bites them in the ass.

Gerry Harvey is a greedy piece of shit. Was ok when his large business drove smaller retailers out of business.

[White GTS-T]

I to remember reading that it was going to cost more to implement the tax, than it was going to yield..

[Deziner]

So if a relative overseas sends a gift I will have to pay import duty?

That is the most rediculous policy I have ever heard.

[D.I.Y. Mik]

So it seems my "emotional" response was right on the money.

People who make policy designed dual sport bikes.

Fkn good for nothing.

[B-rice]

I really wonder how the people with power to make laws,they must somehow lose they're IQ somewhere and implement crazy impractical policies.

[D.I.Y. Mik]

The right thing to do is have a dirtbike for the dirt and a roadbike for the road.

How does that translate?

We need different rules for different situations, not one rule for all trade.

Yes its more work to figure it all out, but that is what has to be done.

Guess what happens if plumbers take shortcuts to simplify things?

You get shit in your drinking water.

[DAN00H]

Going to cost them more to police than what it's really worth.

Hopefully doesn't go ahead or it seriously bites them in the ass.

Gerry Harvey is a greedy piece of shit. Was ok when his large business drove smaller retailers out of business.

yes - you are correct. it will cost more to administer than what is collected (apparently $500 is the balance point, below that and it is costing more. go figure)

[D.I.Y. Mik]

So why make life difficult?

Whats to gain?

Whats the point?

Surely theres some reasoning behind this.

Although i doubt it, bunch of idiots never change.

end rant? NEVER!

[THE34T]

Going to cost them more to police than what it's really worth.

Hopefully doesn't go ahead or it seriously bites them in the ass.

Gerry Harvey is a greedy piece of shit. Was ok when his large business drove smaller retailers out of business.

Absolurely agreed Kat, when he was doing it to others (which I have seen many times) it was ok and he had a smile all over his face, but now it's being done to him .... yep he's "a greedy piece of shit".

BTW .. that's another store I do my best to avoid, up there with Woolies ..

Edited February 3, 2014 by THE34T

[GTRKat]

Absolurely agreed Kat, when he was doing it to others (which I have seen many times) it was ok and he had a smile all over his face, but now it's being done to him .... yep he's "a greedy piece of shit".

BTW .. that's another store I do my best to avoid, up there with Woolies ..

Me too. And where possible I refuse to buy Woolies brand even if it's cheaper since they're doing away with our extra choices for their crap!

[the toecutter]

The role I perform to earn a crust involves importing over a thousand shipments a year, by air and sea, from 18 origins around the world. After nearly thirty years dealing with Australian Customs, a few things have become quite clear:

Most Customs people are barely literate and wombats generally have higher IQ's.

Most Customs people fancy themselves as "important people".

Have wet dreams thinking about having black shirts with SS on their collars.

...And almost ALL Customs people will sprout ANY bullsh!t to try and make themselves appear intelligent / superior / competent / informed / etc.

The return in revenue compared to the cost of screening necessitates a threshold. Besides, if a consignment matches predetermined criteria - say, from a high risk country to a private address - it is already checked regardless of the value declared anyway, even it comes with the postman!

I'm not saying the policy won't change, but I have heard so much crap from so many Customs people for so long, I worry about things when they happen. Certainly not when it is "planned" to happen.

(Good on you GTRKat....that's how I feel about Woolies too!!)

[PN-Mad]

I too am very sceptical about it. Writing a policy doesn't mean it's going to be happening. OP should know that if he works in the APS.

Correct, cost of administering it overweighs the revenue. The intergrated cargo system ( the program that CBP uses to administer tariffs and taxes) is pushed to the limit already, is hard to use, and antiquated. It does, however, work.

Now, how and who pays?

How do you tax the mail/postal system, that doesn't use ICS?

Where do you store 1000s of tons of goods that haven't been paid for yet? I know fedex, ups, dhl sure don't have the facilities to store them. Space on wharves are at a premium, and CBP doesn't own any warehouses.

[Sinista32]

If and when you will find it here

This is current in relation to Duty/GST

It's the Federal Treasury that wants online shoppers to pay for ALL goods under $1000 to be paid during the "check out" process.

-> Administered by the Global "e-tailers" .....

It's been on the cards since mid 2012. With Abbott in who knows for sure it wont happen ?

[DAN00H]

Gee, eye-opening to see the amount of friendly people we have here on the SAU 'community'. I post something to inform and people want to shoot me down in flames. I don't come here to be judged keyboard warriors, so - up yours. I'm not interested in being on a forum with sh1tbags thinking they can make calls about people they do not know.

Time to close the thread - it isn't going anywhere useful.

[RosieR34]

It does seem like people have shot the messenger here. But, from what a lot of people are saying is that they make their living off importing, which is understandable to be upset but not towards Danooh.

Thanks for informing me about the could-be changes, any heads up is a good heads up. - I am lucky enough to hardly import anything in as I prefer buying local when I can.

[D.I.Y. Mik]

No one shot the messenger.

Dont feel like its your fault, your not Tony Abbot are you?

And what do you expect anyway?

No ones happy about it, maybe you should have not said anything.

Ps: Everyone judges everyone all day every day, its human nature.

[the toecutter]

DANOOH,

If you took my post as personal I do apologise.

After a lot of years of interaction, my tolerance to certain Government departments is virtually non existent.

Unless you're the decision maker in Australian Customs, we're cool.

[B-rice]

DANOOH i dont think people are mad at you or all the comments you see are directed to the policy makers. The only thing i read about you is that you should probably know that not every policy will be applied. As far as the other comments i dont think theyre directed to you its a rant/raged discussion.