How sad it must be for our forum sponsors to read this? Can you imagine how they must feel? I can't just get two wheels from Mustang of Melbourne today and order the other two next week and get them to write off the GST.
As a result of this loop hole an Australian Supplier could go out of business, a job working for that supplier could be lost and as a tax agent my industry could lose the business owner, as a tax client, as well as losing business, of lodging a tax return, from any unemployed salary and wage earners who, if unemployed, will not reach the 18k odd tax free thresh hold. If I as a tax agent go broke I'll not have money to spend on the industry that employs you.
It does not seem there is an illegal activity going on though, my research shows ATO entrust Customs to collect the tax and Customs can't tie the two shipments together unless they arrive in one shipment on the same day. If the shipments arrive a week apart Customs just treat the shipments as isolated transactions. What ever anyone reading this does for a living is effected when money leaves our country and our government loses revenue.
I wonder why a lot of extra money is not spent on separate freight, must be because freight is charged by the weight mainly, causing the effect of half the weight costing half the overall cost?.
Mustangpaul,
I sort of agree with what you point out, but it's a tough one.
Whenever I can (if the price is near enough) l tend to support my local mustang parts supplier here in Brisbane as l'm sure everyone here on the forum attempts to do with their local supplier.
I can honestly say almost everything l have purchased overseas - l have first given the local guys an opportunity to try and get close to the prices quoted plus shipping costs....but they tend not to be able too even come anywhere near close !
I guess everyone is feeling the pinch with the economy and the average punter out there today, is far more savvy to shop around -- even offshore as the world is only a keyboard & screen away.
In terms of the forums sponsors ....well l'm sure they would agree, but the fact is the forum was running before the sponsors and they would accept that we all want to support them when we can, otherwise they would not bother supporting the forum as they do.
Mind you, if the parts were actually made here, my view would change totally. l'm all for supporting local manufactures and would pay more, if "ALL" the money actually stayed in "our" economy but with almost if not all of Mustang parts here a large percentage of it goes offshore in anycase.
Just my 2 cents worth and possibly most would not agree
