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The supply of these properties and services became taxable when the QST took effect. However, unlike other tourist shopping schemes, most of the goods, such as clothing and cameras, can be used in Australia before departure. The TRS is open to all overseas visitors and Australian residents, except operating air and sea crew. The GST refund is calculated by dividing the total amount of the purchase by The WET refund is Schedule 3 increases the range of entities that are entitled to act as a principal for GST purposes and thus have access to simplified accounting rules.
It amends Subdivision B of the GST Act, which deals with principals and agents as separate suppliers or acquirers of goods and services that are subject to the GST. Under the amendments, the arrangements in Subdivision B will not be restricted to intermediaries who are common law agents. The Explanatory Memorandum states that the amendments will reduce the compliance costs of GST accounting where intermediaries are used by an entity.
Intermediaries will be entitled to input tax credits for creditable acquisitions they are taken to make from a third party, and will record these on their own Business Activity Statement. Principals will also be taken to make or acquire a supply to or from the intermediary.
The scope of the domestic agency provisions should be broadened to include representatives that operate in a similar way to, but do not amount to, common law agents, such as invoicing and commission agents, and consider simplification of the underlying principles.
Schedule 5 provides that an overpaid refund in relation to GST, luxury car tax or fuel tax is treated as an amount due and payable from the date of the overpayment. The current law does not specify when the overpayment becomes due and payable, creating a discrepancy in the way in which refunds and underpayments of liabilities are treated.
Schedule 6 ensures that the GST treatment of a supply to an associate without consideration that is, payment of some kind is to be treated in the same way as an input taxed supply, a GST-free supply or a financial supply as appropriate in the circumstances. Under the current law, supplies between associates are treated in a variety of ways. If a supply is made to an associate without consideration, the associate is not entitled to a full input tax credit, but the supply is still regarded as a taxable supply.
There has been no media comment on the current Bill to date. However, as mentioned above, the Government released an exposure draft of the Bill on 6 October and invited submissions from the public see above. Treasury received nine submissions, of which it published seven on its website. The submissions from both large associations such as the Corporate Tax Association of Australia and CPA Australia and smaller accounting firms were largely in favour of the exposure draft.
They made suggestions for the improvement of the imposition of the four-year time limit on entitlements to input tax and fuel tax credits which are reflected in the expanded and revised provisions on this issue now contained in the current Bill. They also made relatively minor suggestions for the revision of certain draft provisions, including the application dates for certain of the new provisions.
The Administration of Norfolk Island welcomed the proposed changes to the tourist refund scheme but made some suggestions to improve the logistical operation of the scheme for its residents. There was also some media coverage of the position of other interest groups at the time of the draft legislation.
Craig Whatman, tax partner at Pitcher Partners, would seem to support the expansion of the agency provisions. The impact of each of the measures contained in the Bill is said to be unquantifiable. It deals with the time limit on entitlements to input tax credits. Further, in some circumstances, entitlement to an input tax credit will not be preserved even if one of the exceptions in proposed section exists. These circumstances are set out in proposed section and are summarised in the Explanatory Memorandum as follows:.
Item 17 of Schedule 1 to the Bill inserts proposed Division 47 into the Fuel Tax Act, which sets a time limit on entitlements to fuel tax credits. Proposed section sets out the three exceptions to the time limit on entitlements to fuel tax credits which are the same exceptions contained in proposed section in relation to input tax credits.
Item 19 of Schedule 1 to the Bill states that the amendments contained in Part 1 of Schedule 1 apply and are taken to have applied in relation to acquisitions and adjustments that are taken into account in GST returns given to the Commissioner of Taxation under the GST Act after 7.
These amendments are largely consequential to the amendments made elsewhere in Schedule 2 see below and make it clear that where a refund of GST has not been sought under section of the GST Act or section of the WET Act, then the supplier of goods is treated as having exported the goods from Australia. Items 5—11 amend Division of the GST Act, which currently deals with refunds of GST payable on the supply of goods where the taxpayer takes goods overseas as accompanied baggage.
They expand the operation of the division to cover residents of Australian external territories who send goods home. Item 7 inserts proposed subsection 1A , which provides that if:.
Under existing subsection 2 as only slightly modified by item 9 , the refund is payable within the period and in the manner specified in the regulations. Item 11 inserts proposed section , which deals with the situation where a taxpayer is paid a refund under proposed subsection 1A for a supply, but the supply is or later becomes a GST-free supply. The taxpayer is also liable to pay the general interest charge on the whole or any part of the recoverable amount that remains unpaid after the due day for amounts that remain unpaid from the date of the due day until the end of the last day when either the recoverable amount or the general interest charge on the recoverable amount remains unpaid.
Items 15 and 16 make very minor amendments to existing subsections 2 and 3 , which respectively provide that:. Item 18 inserts proposed section into the WET Act and deals with the situation where a taxpayer is paid a refund in relation to wine tax borne on wine purchased by a resident of an Australian external territory who sent the wine home but where the purchase is later found to be a GST-free supply.
Items 19—22 amend the TAA Item 23 provides that the amendments in Schedule 2 to the Bill apply in relation to goods acquired and wine purchased on or after 1 July being the start of the forthcoming financial year. However, if the proposed Act does not receive Royal Assent on or before that date, the amendments made by items 3 and 4 of this Schedule apply in relation to goods acquired and wine purchased on or after the day the proposed Act receives Royal Assent.
Item 31 provides that the amendments made by Schedule 3 to the Bill apply in relation to supplies and acquisitions made on or after 1 July Item 1 amends existing subsection 3 of the GST Act by omitting the reference to section Item 2 states that the amendment made by Schedule 4 to the Bill applies in relation to monetary prizes a taxpayer becomes liable to pay on or after the first day of the first quarterly tax period that starts on or after the commencement of Schedule 4 being the day the proposed Act receives Royal Assent , regardless of whether quarterly tax periods are the tax periods that apply to the taxpayer in question.
Centre has one-third weightage of the total votes cast and all the states taken together have two-third of weightage of the total votes cast. All decisions taken by the GST Council has been arrived at through consensus. The option of exercising a vote has not been resorted to till date.
To ensure smooth roll-out of the GST, various Committees and Sectoral groups has been formed comprising of members from both Centre and States.
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GST and Centre-State Financial Relations Currently, fiscal powers between the Centre and the States are clearly demarcated in the Constitution with almost no overlap between the respective domains. This shall be levied and collected by the Government of India and such tax shall be apportioned between the Union and the States in the manner as may be provided by Parliament by Law on the recommendation of the GST Council.
The rates would be notified on the recommendation of the GST Council. The schedule or list of items that would fall under each of these slabs has been worked out. In addition, the Centre would have the power to levy Central Excise duty on these products. Tax payers with an annual turnover not exceeding Rs. For small taxpayers with an aggregate turnover in a financial year upto 50 lakhs, a composition scheme is available.
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