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11-27-2010, 07:59 PM
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Love me sexy
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Potentially bad news for Aussie collectors
Just reading the papers here, and some of Australia's big retailers such as David Jones are lobbying the Federal Government to close the import tax loophole for items under $1000. I posted this here, as it's Sideshows items that often push close to that limit for us. For those not familiar, we can import a statue tax free if it is under $1k in value. Retailers are up in arms about the loss of local business that this allows and they are taking action. There is no indication yet that the government are going to make a change but if the pressure keeps up, and they do 'close the loophole' our hobby may get a lot more expensive 
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11-27-2010, 08:10 PM
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Art of Mod
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Melbourne, Aust
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Daaaaaamn...... 
We get the short end of the stick in SO many ways in this hobby and now the potential for this!?!?
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11-27-2010, 08:12 PM
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Kindly Asked To Leave
Join Date: Jan 2010
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Lame crap. I'll be shipping stuff somewhere else then.
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11-27-2010, 08:13 PM
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Birdman
Join Date: Feb 2010
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Sorry to hear that guys!
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11-27-2010, 08:15 PM
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Yeah, I spend WAY too much time here!
Join Date: May 2005
Location: LI New York
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That really sux 
Sorry guys
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11-27-2010, 08:42 PM
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Angry Green Rage Monster Mod. SMASH!
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yikes - sorry mates ... hope this does not come to be true
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11-27-2010, 09:56 PM
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Kindly Asked To Leave
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This sucks if it happens! Bad news for boys down under
Will it be like Germany and most of Europe then?
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11-27-2010, 10:52 PM
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Nightwing
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Barossa Valley Australia
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We will at least get past early next year as parliment will break for x-mas plus with a labor Gov we should be alright but once the coalition get back in well??
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11-27-2010, 10:57 PM
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Cosmic Art Collector
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I take it, based on retailers lobbying for it, that it isn't a $1,000 per ITEM loophole, but shipments as a whole under $1,000 are exempt?
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11-27-2010, 11:27 PM
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Love me sexy
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Quote:
Originally Posted by galactus
I take it, based on retailers lobbying for it, that it isn't a $1,000 per ITEM loophole, but shipments as a whole under $1,000 are exempt?
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It's actually both. If I bought 5 different statues that all came in one shipment and under $1K, that's fine. Or if I bought one statue under $1K that' also fine. If I bought five of the same statue, then I think I would have a problem, as customs would deem it to be a commercial purchase. Apparently, retailers like DJ's a loosing huge volumes of sales (mostly clothing) because people are buying the same brands cheaper online from the US & UK and as long as each shipment is under $1K, there's no tax
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