I can see that they ship from Hawaii and therefore no GST is charged.
Surely GST will be added to a $2000 laptop when it arrives in NZ though?
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trig42: Yeah, not sure what you are talking about?
keewee01: Your post is lacking some context. Being based in Hawaii I assume it is a US company, and therefore GST is irrelivant to them; them shipping internationally, therefore logically state tax not added to the purchase.
You buy enough from overseas that you do already know it will hit customs and they will charge duty and GST.
So what are we missing that you've not mentioned?
nathan: they are being very disingenuous ->
"No GST payable for NZ & Australia clients when we ship from our store in Hawaii. (Laptops, Mac Pro)"
Geektastic:nathan: they are being very disingenuous ->
"No GST payable for NZ & Australia clients when we ship from our store in Hawaii. (Laptops, Mac Pro)"
Yes - that!
Dreal:Geektastic:nathan: they are being very disingenuous ->
"No GST payable for NZ & Australia clients when we ship from our store in Hawaii. (Laptops, Mac Pro)"
Yes - that!
Customs are also really toughing up on wrong price declarations, and there's a penalty for it.
Bung: For some products they claim to be acting as agents for an overseas firm. Then it's their impression that most product never gets caught by Customs.
Quote from 3 years ago
" Incoming product should be held by NZ Customs for GST assessment, but that never happens, so it is the 'taxman' that creates this opportunity for NZ customers, not us"
mattwnz:Bung: For some products they claim to be acting as agents for an overseas firm. Then it's their impression that most product never gets caught by Customs.
Quote from 3 years ago
" Incoming product should be held by NZ Customs for GST assessment, but that never happens, so it is the 'taxman' that creates this opportunity for NZ customers, not us"
If that is the case, then why is that happening. The Taxpayer is missing out on tax to pay for schools and health etc, so we all have to pay more in tax though GST rises etc, to pay for the shortfall. I am all for paying my fair share of taxes and if everyone did, we wouldn't have the need for so many charities.
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