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Re: bizarre changes to postage stamps due to GST
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lugnet.loc.au
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Thu, 8 Feb 2001 05:58:17 GMT
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From: "Kerry Raymond" <kerry@dstc.edu.au>
> It is interesting to see that the GST is charged on the purchase of stamps
> (i.e. on goods) and not on the payment of service (i.e. on sending the
> letter).
Ummm... Aren't these one and the same? The stamp is just a small bit of
sticky paper, and not worth 45 cents. It's just a receipt stating that
you've made payment for the service of delivering that letter.
later,
David Drew
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: bizarre changes to postage stamps due to GST
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| (...) Strange changes I agree but the stamp colecting fraternity reckon its a real bonus, They now can collect twice the amount of stamps. The international stamps are also supposed to be a bit of a advertisement for Australia as they all show (...) (26 years ago, 8-Feb-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
| | | Re: bizarre changes to postage stamps due to GST
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| (...) I agree it's a fine line but you have put your finger on the nub of the problem: a stamp is a receipt. If GST was charged on the service and not on the stamps, then buying a stamp would simply be a receipt fo advanced payment received by (...) (26 years ago, 9-Feb-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | bizarre changes to postage stamps due to GST
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| Maybe I am just the last one to find out about this, but GST has made some fundamental changes to postage stamps. Postage within Australia has a GST-component, but postage internationally is GST-exempt. For reasons that I assume have something to do (...) (26 years ago, 8-Feb-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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