GST to apply to all private imports into Australia from July 2017
The end to the $1,000 no tax arrangement for personal imports is looming. Tax from July 1 is quietly being reported... will be reduced from $1,000 to Zero. Watch for the media Spin over sleepy Christmas about some "committee" recommendation that previously recommended this as fair or something.. etc etc.)
..... People coming in from private air flights or holidays will be effected in other ways with a concession.. but its not clear yet.
This will add the GST somehow to your posted in buys on ebay or freight direction services etc... bit like it was in the pre gst days..but back then it was 22% = duty etc etc.
Last month as a supplier importer we started copping it.. from Nov 1st..every supplier.. from $83 to about $160.. a hit..maybe 6 times in one air loading...copped it.... but not being millionaire corporate importers with hundreds of thousand of dollars a a warehouse bigger then Bunning and 50 staff.. we have developed to maintain a huge 9,000 + part inventory.. and hundreds of special order parts..so.. this latest TAX hit is another kick in the guts for specialist importers.. and soon private people.
We inbound by air thousands of parts in constant resupply and special order of goods from up to 15 sources in the USA monthly/ weekly..... as we need to stock thousands of different parts to try & met buyers needs.
In an average week...we pull in from around 5-6 different suppliers. No problem there.. but as new Customs Tax charges are applied now to EACH (Simply shown as OTHER CHARGES on inbound ACS entries like below).. to EACH different supplier .. a "Supplier Code Charge" as such.... of min $83 to $160 odd.. for nothing more then tax collection...
This charge is now added.. & will probably be added to personal small imports as well... but then also ... they added to hit us with enforcement of a rule of NO consolidation of different suppliers goods to reduce freight costs.
Each supplier.. even if there is room in a containment for another supplier's goods... are NOW not allowed to be consigned consolidated under one suppliers invoice.. each invoice must have a separate identified loading.. no consolidation... simply adding to freight costs all round. Our weekly freight bill has risen about $1000 per week .. and rising with the A$ falling steadily.
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