<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Treasury denies it.<div class=""><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/article/ato-unlikely-to-block-websites-that-dont-charge-gst-treasurer/" class="">http://www.zdnet.com/article/ato-unlikely-to-block-websites-that-dont-charge-gst-treasurer/</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Given that the only source cited in the original article was a Choice press release, I’m inclined to believe them.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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 class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> -mark</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">On Sep 13, 2016, at 4:56 PM, David Phelan <<a href="mailto:DavidP@centra.com.au" class="">DavidP@centra.com.au</a>> wrote:<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">I present to you the answer to all of our country’s tax revenue problems.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><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;" class="">http://www.news.com.au/finance/business/retail/government-mulls-online-shopping-lockouts-in-gst-crackdown/news-story/19e3cf3d3eb533dcc93293cfeac88db1</a><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; 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