<div dir="ltr">yeah I call BS too. I suspect it was a leak from treasury to appease the states on GST revenue. <div><br></div><div>The "thinking about a solving a problem that doesn't exist" trick.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Regards,<div><br></div><div>Peter Tiggerdine</div><div><br></div><div>GPG Fingerprint: 2A3F EA19 F6C2 93C1 411D 5AB2 D5A8 E8A8 0E74 6127</div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 9:52 AM, Mark Newton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:newton@atdot.dotat.org" target="_blank">newton@atdot.dotat.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Treasury denies it.<div><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/article/ato-unlikely-to-block-websites-that-dont-charge-gst-treasurer/" target="_blank">http://www.zdnet.com/article/<wbr>ato-unlikely-to-block-<wbr>websites-that-dont-charge-gst-<wbr>treasurer/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Given that the only source cited in the original article was a Choice press release, I’m inclined to believe them.</div><div><br></div><div>There’s no legal requirement for a company that isn’t in Australia to give a crap about Australia’s tax laws anyway, even if they pass, which this one hasn't (can you imagine the hilarity in a boardroom when the find out that the Australian Government wants them to register for GST and submit a BAS?)</div><div><br></div><div>This is all just emotion emissions to keep the punters and the Retail Traders Association happy and make everyone think the Government is doing something.</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>   -mark</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></font></span><div><div><div class="h5">On Sep 13, 2016, at 4:56 PM, David Phelan <<a href="mailto:DavidP@centra.com.au" target="_blank">DavidP@centra.com.au</a>> wrote:<br></div></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><br><div><div><div class="h5"><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I present to you the answer to all of our country’s tax revenue problems.<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.news.com.au/finance/business/retail/government-mulls-online-shopping-lockouts-in-gst-crackdown/news-story/19e3cf3d3eb533dcc93293cfeac88db1" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">http://www.news.com.au/<wbr>finance/business/retail/<wbr>government-mulls-online-<wbr>shopping-lockouts-in-gst-<wbr>crackdown/news-story/<wbr>19e3cf3d3eb533dcc93293cfeac88d<wbr>b1</a><u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Dave.<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div></div></div><span class=""><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline!important">______________________________<wbr>_________________</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline!important">AusNOG mailing list</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><a href="mailto:AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px" target="_blank">AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net</a><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><a href="http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px" target="_blank">http://lists.ausnog.net/<wbr>mailman/listinfo/ausnog</a></span></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div><br>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
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