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Originally posted by vettestr
Hey Al,
For giggles and grins what kinda money are you talking total AUD. In round figures for those of us on this side of the pond to buy a 400 dollar part from the USA and get it to your front door?
$400. US purchase price
$ ? Import duty ... rounded off or guess
$ ? Goods tax .... rounded off
$ ? Service tax ..... rounded off
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$ Total AUD cost ??
thanks jeff c
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OK lets see.
Assuming I were to import something from the US that was $400 USD
$400 USD = $533 AUD at exchange rate of $1 AUD = $0.75 USD
Import duty I think is 15% (of $533) so $80 AUD
and GST is 10% of (533+80) = $61 (a tax on a tax!)
So total cost in AUD = 533 + 80+ 61 = $674 AUD or there abouts
Things will probably change when the USA / Australia free trade agreement kicks in with, I assume, a lowering of import duty for items imported from the states.
Hope that helps Jeff
Cheers
