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markh14: well with the world switching to ebooks, game downloads, tv show downloads(not in nz yet), i think customs needs some more cash so this is why I think their making these changes.
old3eyes:Regs:
savings also do not incur GST - a big win there for people who like to save to buy a house.
True but they put tax on your savings though and I believe it just went up.
chrissie: I buy tennis racquets on Ebay, but because shipping is so expensive ($55 per racquet), I get them sent to a friend in the States first and he then forwards them to me in bulk, which saves me quite a lot.
Customs insists I pay GST on the shipping from each seller to my friend as well as the international freight!!
Kyanar:
The idea that we should have to pay GST on imports at all is just a form of protectionism. You know what would stop people importing so much stuff? If the local prices weren't bloody ridiculously high.
Kyanar: It's simple. Taxation is supposed to pay for services the government provides society. Road User Charges for road upkeep, ACC levies for healthcare, demerit taxes on cigarettes and alcohol for the increased burden on healthcare, GST for the consumer protection on private sales. Ideal world, anyway.
However, the government provides no services in an overseas transaction. It's allllll private business. Well, they provide customs services - but customs charges a levy to pay for that. Ergo, the New Zealand government is demanding money for nothing.
The idea that we should have to pay GST on imports at all is just a form of protectionism. You know what would stop people importing so much stuff? If the local prices weren't bloody ridiculously high.
chrissie: If no value is declared, Customs makes a guesstimate. If it the parcel was from Amazon, they'd assume it was a book or books with a total value of no more than $400 including freight.
chrissie: If no value is declared, Customs makes a guesstimate. If it the parcel was from Amazon, they'd assume it was a book or books with a total value of no more than $400 including freight.
Bung:chrissie: If no value is declared, Customs makes a guesstimate. If it the parcel was from Amazon, they'd assume it was a book or books with a total value of no more than $400 including freight.
Is there much assumption these days. All incoming mail is x rayed, wouldn't courier packs get same treatment? They'd know whether it was a book.
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