Sub-$1K International Purchases and GST - Any Experiences Yet?

[kaleuclint]

Bought stuff from chainreactioncycles.com today.  They are applying GST.

[Citroënbender]

Bet you were impressed.

I dearly wish we blue collar people could be assessed to pay our taxes (including GST) in kind, even if it were rated at award wages.

[Citroënbender]

To update, Shop4Parts have explicitly told me they consider compliance irrelevant as their net sales to Australia don't approach the mandatory threshold.

Win. 

[Citroënbender]

Wooden spoon to Fleabay. I've been pinged about $70 in GST across two purchases this January.

Nowhere can I access a Tax Invoice to save / print, let alone one showing the GST explicitly. Nor can I find a specific point-of-contact for GST enquiries on Fleabay.

That, IMO, puts them on par with Shonky Bob who says "Oh, I left my invoice book at home, I'll drop your tax invoice in on Monday" - and predictably never does.

It will be interesting to see where this ends up!

[ScottS]

Nowhere can I access a Tax Invoice to save / print, let alone one showing the GST explicitly.

Hi CB,

Ordered some stuff through eBay from a business in the US this month. GST component shows up on the Order Details page.

[Citroënbender]

Ta muchly for that, I think the site subtly changes format every other day!

The "Printer Friendly" page you can access off that, gets me close enough for bookwork IMO - but it has two shortcomings - it doesn't say "Tax Invoice" anywhere, and it simply says Tax - not GST.