Gah reading the news this morning with my coffee, The Department of Home Affairs has put in a proposal to add a $5 tax to every imported package into Australia worth less than $1000. Already we pay duties on anything over $1000.
From my understanding, they want to implement it come July 1st to tie in with GST being added to all imports under $1000 as well. They claim it is to cover the costs of biosecurity scanning, giving the budget an immediate $200 million cash injection.
If any of you have your eyes set on an item that is either impossible to buy locally or significantly cheaper from overseas I'm guessing its time to act soon. We have had some topics about buying Australian, support Australian workers etc and I'm all for it, but there are times when there is always going to be an item that no domestic retailer carries or insane markups make it cost prohibitive to purchase in our own country.
There are certainly a couple of things on my list that I might grab before these changes come in, a couple of things I have shelved thinking oh they can wait.
Malcolm cried about the TPP but is ok with slugging the average consumer :Y:
Buy something cheap off Wish or Aliexpress, costs $5 with free postage, get charged $5.50 in duties, Yay!!
Maybe a Fart Tax will be next.
From my understanding, they want to implement it come July 1st to tie in with GST being added to all imports under $1000 as well. They claim it is to cover the costs of biosecurity scanning, giving the budget an immediate $200 million cash injection.
If any of you have your eyes set on an item that is either impossible to buy locally or significantly cheaper from overseas I'm guessing its time to act soon. We have had some topics about buying Australian, support Australian workers etc and I'm all for it, but there are times when there is always going to be an item that no domestic retailer carries or insane markups make it cost prohibitive to purchase in our own country.
There are certainly a couple of things on my list that I might grab before these changes come in, a couple of things I have shelved thinking oh they can wait.
Malcolm cried about the TPP but is ok with slugging the average consumer :Y:
Buy something cheap off Wish or Aliexpress, costs $5 with free postage, get charged $5.50 in duties, Yay!!
Maybe a Fart Tax will be next.