AngrySeahorse
Peter Sullivan (51)
The Coalition are apparently breaking an election promise by planning to drop the $1000 online shopping threshold. The party will be officially over in March 2014 - as that is when they are meeting to make the changes. For me, I've only really got into overseas online shopping this year (I know, very slow to get with the times). A lot of people commenting on this are stating they are not concerned because the 10% GST will not change online overseas shopping as the better $ option. However, others are stating it won't be the GST that is the problem but the customs & duties fees that will blow out the price.
Most people buy online from overseas because they cannot access a particular item here in Australia rather than deliberately trying to screw Australian retailers over.
Interested to know what others thought about this. For or against or 50-50.
Apologies if I should of put this in "suggested threads" but I thought that's only for Rugby specific parts of the forum or whether "politics" is the right place to put this. If there is a better thread for this put it there.
Some articles on this matter below.
http://www.themercury.com.au/news/t...it-treasurers/comments-fnj4f7k1-1226769388350
http://www.brw.com.au/p/business/labor_shopping_abbott_breaking_election_q4HGXgC0ZXdnquloM2FRvN
http://www.businessspectator.com.au/news/2013/11/27/tax/treasurers-eye-online-gst-changes
Most people buy online from overseas because they cannot access a particular item here in Australia rather than deliberately trying to screw Australian retailers over.
Interested to know what others thought about this. For or against or 50-50.
Apologies if I should of put this in "suggested threads" but I thought that's only for Rugby specific parts of the forum or whether "politics" is the right place to put this. If there is a better thread for this put it there.
Some articles on this matter below.
http://www.themercury.com.au/news/t...it-treasurers/comments-fnj4f7k1-1226769388350
http://www.brw.com.au/p/business/labor_shopping_abbott_breaking_election_q4HGXgC0ZXdnquloM2FRvN
http://www.businessspectator.com.au/news/2013/11/27/tax/treasurers-eye-online-gst-changes