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Re: bizarre changes to postage stamps due to GST
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lugnet.loc.au
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Date:
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Thu, 15 Feb 2001 02:27:56 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Deidre Rushton Brumby writes:
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> Yeah, I had to think about that for a bit too but it does make sense (it'll
> give you a headache though!). If postage OS is worth $1, GST free, then if
> you put a $1 domestic stamp on, you've actually only paid 90-91 cents for
> the postage and around 9c GST, so Aus Post are down 9c. They've got to pass
> on that 9c GST no matter what you do with the domestic stamp. So, to get
> the $1 value required you need to pay $1.10 on domestic stamps, so Aus Post
> gets the $1 to carry the letter and the government gets their 10c GST. Or
> you can just buy a $1 International stamp and be done with it (govt gets nil).
Yep, that's much clearer :^)
> Basically, you'd be a fool to put domestic stamps on overseas letters
> because it will always cost you 10% more which goes straight to the tax
> coffers for no actual benefit provided to anyone (except perhaps to Great
> Aunt Hilda who likes to collect used Aust. domestic stamps).
Yep, just send her already used ones inside the package (or sell them to her,
with GST added)
pete.w
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 | | Re: bizarre changes to postage stamps due to GST
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| (...) Yeah, I had to think about that for a bit too but it does make sense (it'll give you a headache though!). If postage OS is worth $1, GST free, then if you put a $1 domestic stamp on, you've actually only paid 90-91 cents for the postage and (...) (26 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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