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Now businesses like Kogan avoid GST legally by selling items that cost less than $1000 from a "subsidiary" in Hong Kong. When the Galaxy S3 was new I bought one for myself and one for a relative, both came from Hong Kong with separate receipts so that the bill was less than $1000 and exempt from GST. Kogan's price advantage over other companies relies on avoiding GST.
I think it would be better for the people of Australia if the GST threshold for imports was reduced to $300.
It would be also beneficial for the people of Australia to have sales and income taxes comparable to those in Hong Kong. Regards Slav This e-mail and any attachments to it (the "Communication") is, unless otherwise stated, confidential, may contain copyright material and is for the use only of the intended recipient. If you receive the Communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, delete the Communication and the return e-mail, and do not read, copy, retransmit or otherwise deal with it. Any views expressed in the Communication are those of the individual sender only, unless expressly stated to be those of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited ABN 11 005 357 522, or any of its related entities including ANZ Bank New Zealand Limited (together "ANZ"). ANZ does not accept liability in connection with the integrity of or errors in the Communication, computer virus, data corruption, interference or delay arising from or in respect of the Communication.