Goods and Services Tax (Australia)

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Goods and Services Tax (Australia) is a broad-based value-added tax introduced in 2000 that applies to most goods and services consumed in Australia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf indirect tax
value-added tax
administeredBy Australian Taxation Office
alsoKnownAs Australian GST
GST
appliesInJurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia
appliesTo imports into Australia
most goods consumed in Australia
most services consumed in Australia
calculationMethod value-added basis
collectionMethod collected by registered businesses
constitutionalBasis Commonwealth taxation power
country Australia
doesNotApplyTo education services (largely)
financial supplies (input taxed)
health services (largely)
most basic food
residential rents
economicIncidence borne largely by final consumers
effectiveFrom 2000-07-01
hasCategory 2000 introductions in Australia
Taxation in Australia
Value added taxes
introducedBy Howard Government
linked to: Howard government
introducedOn 2000-07-01
introducedUnderPrimeMinister John Howard
introducedUnderTreasurer Peter Costello
involves input tax credits
tax invoices
isBroadBased true
isDestinationBased true
isMultiStage true
legalName A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 scheme
legislatedBy Parliament of Australia
partOf Australian tax system
policyObjective broaden tax base
replace inefficient indirect taxes
primaryLegislation A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999
registrationRequiredFor businesses above turnover threshold
replaced Wholesale Sales Tax (Australia)
various state and territory financial taxes (in part)
reportedVia Business Activity Statement
revenueSharing distributed to Australian states and territories
standardRate 10%
standardRateSince 2000-07-01
taxBase final private consumption
taxType broad-based consumption tax
zeroRatedFor exports from Australia

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John Howard implementedPolicy Goods and Services Tax (Australia)
Fourth Labour Government of New Zealand introducedTax Goods and Services Tax
linked to: Goods and Services Tax (Australia)
Goods and Services Tax (Australia) alsoKnownAs Australian GST
linked to: Goods and Services Tax (Australia)
Goods and Services Tax (Australia) legalName A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 scheme
linked to: Goods and Services Tax (Australia)
Goods and Services Tax (Australia) primaryLegislation A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999
linked to: Goods and Services Tax (Australia)