I am assuming that Harvey Norman et al. get their goods from overseas for cheaper than what we can get them for, but end up marking the price up so much, that people are forced to go looking elsewhere to buy. (overseas in some cases)
the current stats show that less than 3% of australians shop online with an overseas company... the rest who buy online shop with australian online stores... who pay the GST on all goods they sell.
The next thing I expect from them is to demand the government put another tax on smaller competitors to stop people from shopping there.
we shouldn't be harrassed into protecting their slack business practices via a tax or similar surcharge.
strange... I always thought the GST was actually paid by the end purchaser, not the retailer who merely collected it for the government.
most businesses are allowed to claim the GST back as an expense, but the end purchaser couldn't claim it unless they had an ABN or ACN.
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I am assuming that Harvey Norman et al. get their goods from overseas for cheaper than what we can get them for, but end up marking the price up so much, that people are forced to go looking elsewhere to buy. (overseas in some cases) the current stats show that less than 3% of australians shop online with an overseas company... the rest who buy online shop with australian online stores... who pay the GST on all goods they sell. The next thing I expect from them is to demand the government put another tax on smaller competitors to stop people from shopping there. we shouldn't be harrassed into protecting their slack business practices via a tax or similar surcharge.
strange... I always thought the GST was actually paid by the end purchaser, not the retailer who merely collected it for the government. most businesses are allowed to claim the GST back as an expense, but the end purchaser couldn't claim it unless they had an ABN or ACN.