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

[Karl Kloppenborg]

If only news.com.au was a respected news outlet...

--Karl.


On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 11:00 AM Paul Wilkins <paulwilkins369 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
>>
>> GPG Fingerprint: 2A3F EA19 F6C2 93C1 411D 5AB2 D5A8 E8A8 0E74 6127
>>
>> 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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