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Re: Will lego come down after the GST?
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lugnet.loc.au
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Thu, 30 Mar 2000 13:33:11 GMT
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Jonathan Wilson wrote in message <38E342CE.6418686D@xoommail.com>...
> Look at the facts.
I love looking at facts! Can't get enough of them.
The NZ rate was initially set at 10%. Not long after the GST was introduced
it was raised to 12.5%. (And the NZ system, being one without the third
tier of government, and without the exemptions we have allowed, was a
simpler transition, and a simpler set of calculations for the government of
the day to make.)
Australian Sales Tax rates moved about - but they never fell, but they only
rose.
Tax Reform - Bend over Australia, here it comes again!
To speak to the subject, yes probably. But not much, and I doubt we'll
actually notice it. I doubt Lego buying patterns will change, and I doubt
it will herald a brave new era for anyone but lawyers, accountants, and
software vendors. Personally, this is not such a bad thing - I work for a
law firm........
Regards
Richard
Still baldly going...
Check out Port Block at http://www.hinet.net.au/~rparsons/port/
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| (...) Look at the facts. in order to change the rate of the GST the government has to get legeslation through parliment. Do you think that the senate is going to allow that? They would also have to get legeslation through parliment in order to (...) (25 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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