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

[Paul Wilkins]

Can't be done for all the obvious reasons. Maybe this is early days and
they're scoping what can and can't be done. Nothing says down the track
they won't decide to pursue not the vendors, but the financial services
providers.

Kind regards

Paul Wilkins

On 14 September 2016 at 09:56, Peter Tiggerdine <ptiggerdine at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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