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Originally Posted by verve_rat
I really don't get any of this. If the IRD goes to a foreign company and says: "Can we have some GST please" and the company says "No", then what? In which court does the IRD take action? The foreign company is not subject to our laws, that is part of being foreign.
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Well I guess worse case, the government could just say "Sorry, you cant sell and deliver to Australians"
For large companies, it would not be that hard to implement this
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Originally Posted by verve_rat
And even if Amazon and Netflix add GST, the three man outfit from Finland isn't event going to know NZ wants this tax. Why should GST be added to the services of only the companies big enough for the IRD to notice.
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Yes these small outfits would potential get missed out, but assuming they are looking at companies that export more that $75k to Oz, its doesnt really matter (at the moment anyway).
Its a global economy, it needs to happen. It just needs to start somewhere.