Gerry Harvey Retreats!

[Jasen Betts]

Jasen Betts wrote

Its more complicated than that when so many are prepared
to lie about the value of what they sell with exports.

I even had one take the label off a very expensive filter that had a lot of duty
owing on it and post the label separately, without me even asking them to do that.


Nope, it costs a lot more than that to check the real value of the item.

they already have to do that, see your example above, no change.

Not when you have to check if the declared value is correct.

It would cost more than $5 to collect the GST at the post office anyway.

how do you figure that?

 

[Rod Speed]

Jasen Betts wrote

they already have to do that, see your example above, no change.

Wrong. Its much easier to estimate if the item is worth more than
$1K or not and no big deal if you get that wrong ocassionally.

how do you figure that?

Aust Post doesnt do that for free, even for the govt.

And even if it did, it would cost the post office more than that doing the transaction anyway.

 

[Rob]

they already have to do that, see your example above, no change.


how do you figure that?

Before the $1000 was in place there was a rule that the break even
amount collected was $50. ($500 declared valuation of goods).

This value would have risen over time and even at $1000 may only just
cover the costs involved. Paperwork is not free, takes considerable time.