[AusNOG] And for the government's next Hair-brained Scheme

[Peter Tiggerdine]

yeah I call BS too. I suspect it was a leak from treasury to appease the
states on GST revenue.

The "thinking about a solving a problem that doesn't exist" trick.

Regards,

Peter Tiggerdine

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On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 9:52 AM, Mark Newton <newton at atdot.dotat.org> wrote:

> Treasury denies it.
> http://www.zdnet.com/article/ato-unlikely-to-block-
> websites-that-dont-charge-gst-treasurer/
>
> Given that the only source cited in the original article was a Choice
> press release, I’m inclined to believe them.
>
> 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?)
>
> 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.
>
>
>    -mark
>
>
> On Sep 13, 2016, at 4:56 PM, David Phelan <DavidP at centra.com.au> wrote:
>
>
> I present to you the answer to all of our country’s tax revenue problems.
>
> http://www.news.com.au/finance/business/retail/government-mulls-online-
> shopping-lockouts-in-gst-crackdown/news-story/
> 19e3cf3d3eb533dcc93293cfeac88db1
>
> Dave.
>
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