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Australians get ripped off again
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Yamenstein✭✭✭✭✭TheRealPotoroo wrote: »AzraelKrieg wrote: »While we don't currently pay GST on imported purchases under $1000, ZOS legally have to charge GST if the amount of money they make from purchases of services or digital products that originate from within Australia are equal to or greater than $75000 in a 12 month period. That law came into effect 1 July, 2017. Not long after that ZOS readjusted the all the prices on their website to indicate this change. Since you are too dense and only look for information that confirms your bias, I've done the work to find the document for GSTR 2017/1 that outlines the changes regarding the charge of GST by businesses outside of Australia that earn more than $75000 in a 12 month period from sales of services or digital goods that originate in Australia.
https://www.ato.gov.au/law/view/document?DocID=GST/GSTR20171/NAT/ATO/00001
You were doing well until you got cocky and called me dense because I always look for facts and won't give in to bullies who pull things out of their rear ends and expect to be taken seriously.
So no rebuttal?
Finally an answer that is accepted, let us close this useless thread.
Edited by Yamenstein on March 24, 2018 4:39AMCrown Crates are a trap. Don't fall for the gamble! Balance? What Balance? Balance, smellance.
Necro for them RP feels.0 -
forwardbias83✭✭✭I think it has something to do with the GDP and labor wages, and then there are regulations and laws involved with different currencies and exchange rates/markets. An example of this would involve a place like Ukraine. Currently $1 is equal to around 26 hryvnia. So an item that might cost $100 in the US would cost 2600 hrryvnia in Ukraine. That is just the exchange rate though. Depending on what the average wages are in Ukraine, GDP, then throw in the regulations and laws, customs fees, tariffs, etc.
A number of years ago, I read something about the pharmacy websites in Canada selling meds to the US, which you could get medicines cheaper from Canada. But apparently that is against currency laws and regulations, in other words illegal. As to why, guessing it is something with exploiting currency exchange markets and trying to cheat those global markets. I am not an expert on law. Back when I was injured and seeked an attorney, and I remember the massive library of books he had. Laws can be complicated, and can vary, depending on what county, city, township, or nation you live in. It is likely because of laws and regulations in place, that there are different set prices for a product depending on what country the product is being sold in, which is done to comply with those regulations.
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Ydrisselle✭✭✭✭✭TheRealPotoroo wrote: »AzraelKrieg wrote: »While we don't currently pay GST on imported purchases under $1000, ZOS legally have to charge GST if the amount of money they make from purchases of services or digital products that originate from within Australia are equal to or greater than $75000 in a 12 month period. That law came into effect 1 July, 2017. Not long after that ZOS readjusted the all the prices on their website to indicate this change. Since you are too dense and only look for information that confirms your bias, I've done the work to find the document for GSTR 2017/1 that outlines the changes regarding the charge of GST by businesses outside of Australia that earn more than $75000 in a 12 month period from sales of services or digital goods that originate in Australia.
https://www.ato.gov.au/law/view/document?DocID=GST/GSTR20171/NAT/ATO/00001
You were doing well until you got cocky and called me dense because I always look for facts and won't give in to bullies who pull things out of their rear ends and expect to be taken seriously.
I think you are concentrating on the wrong point. Let me help you:
"While we don't currently pay GST on imported purchases under $1000, ZOS legally have to charge GST if the amount of money they make from purchases of services or digital products that originate from within Australia are equal to or greater than $75000 in a 12 month period. That law came into effect 1 July, 2017. Not long after that ZOS readjusted the all the prices on their website to indicate this change. Since you are too dense and only look for information that confirms your bias, I've done the work to find the document for GSTR 2017/1 that outlines the changes regarding the charge of GST by businesses outside of Australia that earn more than $75000 in a 12 month period from sales of services or digital goods that originate in Australia.
https://www.ato.gov.au/law/view/document?DocID=GST/GSTR20171/NAT/ATO/00001"
That's pretty clear: ZOS have to charge you if they make more than $75k per year, and I'm quite sure that they are. You would be right if ZOS didn't sell ESO in Australia at all and you had to import it by yourself. That's absolutely false.Edited by Ydrisselle on March 24, 2018 9:57PM2 -
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✭ForsakenSin wrote: »KingYogi415 wrote: »Minimum wage is much higher in Australia.
Even a pair of jeans that would cost 60$ in USA can cost 200$ down under.
that is why i shop at target $10 jeans lol jeans are jeans
if they cost $200 a pair I wouldn't be buying them.I would be stealing them.0 -
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