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#250666 21-May-2019 00:48

https://i.stuff.co.nz/business/112845588/gst-on-roaming-set-to-cost-travelling-kiwis-up-to-13m-a-year

Will come into force in October next year. And depending on which country you are traveling to. You might have to pay local sales tax as well as NZ GST on your roaming fees.





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  #2241965 21-May-2019 00:48
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  #2241998 21-May-2019 07:17
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I find it incredibly interesting they've done this and yet flights don't incur GST. 

 

 

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  #2242005 21-May-2019 07:30
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sbiddle:

I find it incredibly interesting they've done this and yet flights don't incur GST. 


 



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  #2242009 21-May-2019 07:47
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I still find the change a strange one. Why should I be paying GST for a product consumed outside NZ, especially using an example of a phone call or SMS message that is for a recipient in that foreign country?

 

 

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  #2242153 21-May-2019 11:08
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sbiddle:

 

I still find the change a strange one. Why should I be paying GST for a product consumed outside NZ, especially using an example of a phone call or SMS message that is for a recipient in that foreign country?

 

 

 

 

I agree. It seems like overreach to me. And especially bad considering that local taxes might be applied as well.

 

It's like they don't want people to use roaming. Buy a local SIM card and NZ telcos will miss out completely.

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  #2242223 21-May-2019 11:38
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What ever happened to "no new taxes"?

 
 
 
 

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  #2242252 21-May-2019 11:47
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Wasn't that John Key?

 

 




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  #2242270 21-May-2019 12:09
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Hmm... I'll need to check! I thought it was Labour but I could be mistaken!

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  #2242279 21-May-2019 12:17
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Probably both. It sounds like something governments do. 

 

 




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  #2242293 21-May-2019 12:34
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Soon they will tax the air that we breathe. Damn that could be a song




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  #2242313 21-May-2019 13:01
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MikeB4:

 

Soon they will tax the air that we breathe. Damn that could be a song ....

 

 

.... and every breath she takes.




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  #2242376 21-May-2019 15:06
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sbiddle:

 

I still find the change a strange one. Why should I be paying GST for a product consumed outside NZ, especially using an example of a phone call or SMS message that is for a recipient in that foreign country?

 

 

 

 

I thought exported goods and services didn't attract GST? Surely roaming is an exported service?




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  #2242415 21-May-2019 15:12
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sbiddle: I still find the change a strange one. Why should I be paying GST for a product consumed outside NZ, especially using an example of a phone call or SMS message that is for a recipient in that foreign country?

 

But MONEY!!!!!  The Govt needs to pay for stuff somehow!!

 

You'd be denying a payrise to those poor teachers by not roaming and texting overseas...

 

 

 

* Removes tongue from cheek *

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  #2242420 21-May-2019 15:28
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Steamroller politics. Flatten every real and perceived GST loophole, however minuscule the return, and maybe the retail sector will finally stop whinging.

 

 




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