Had a chat with a mate who bought a camera when travelling o/s. He got it from a camera store, then claimed the gst when he returned to oz, anyone know how to go about this, can't see why you couldn't buy a rector duty free if ya travelling over seas, like Bali.
Buying electronic goods duty free
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You can claim the GST back when leaving the country but you have to leave the good overseas or you will have to pay the GST back if you exceed you duty free allowance on return
http://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Ente/Tour/Are-you-a-traveller
Bringing goods back into Australia for which you have already received a TRS refund
If you are aged 18 years or over, you can bring up to AUD 900 worth of goods into Australia duty-free, or AUD 450 if you are younger than 18. Families travelling together can pool this allowance (a couple with one child can bring in a total of AUD 900 + AUD 900 + AUD 450 = AUD 2250 worth of goods into Australia without paying duty or GST). This is called your passenger concession.
If the total value of the goods you are bringing into Australia is greater than your passenger concession, including goods for which you have previously claimed a tax refund under TRS and any purchased overseas:
you must declare all of these goods
you will need to repay the GST refund back on the goods you claimed under the TRS
duty and GST will apply to all items purchased, not just goods over the limit of your passenger concession.
Penalties can apply if you dont declare that you have goods in excess of your passenger concession.
You can claim the GST back when leaving the country but you have to leave the good overseas or you will have to pay the GST back if you exceed you duty free allowance on return
http://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Ente/Tour/Are-you-a-traveller
Bringing goods back into Australia for which you have already received a TRS refund
If you are aged 18 years or over, you can bring up to AUD 900 worth of goods into Australia duty-free, or AUD 450 if you are younger than 18. Families travelling together can pool this allowance (a couple with one child can bring in a total of AUD 900 + AUD 900 + AUD 450 = AUD 2250 worth of goods into Australia without paying duty or GST). This is called your passenger concession.
If the total value of the goods you are bringing into Australia is greater than your passenger concession, including goods for which you have previously claimed a tax refund under TRS and any purchased overseas:
you must declare all of these goods
you will need to repay the GST refund back on the goods you claimed under the TRS
duty and GST will apply to all items purchased, not just goods over the limit of your passenger concession.
Penalties can apply if you dont declare that you have goods in excess of your passenger concession.
Hi Dave,
You could go to the USA, buy one there, stay there for a year and then bring it home and not have to pay any duty at all on it.
Cheers
Doug
You could go to the USA, buy one there, stay there for a year and then bring it home and not have to pay any duty at all on it.
Cheers
Doug
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It would probably be easier to wait until one of the shops has a sale and you may be able to do better than just getting the GST back.
Or get a few blokes together and try an get a bulk purchase discount going.
Or get a few blokes together and try an get a bulk purchase discount going.
