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Amazon blocks Australian shoppers over sales tax

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Amazon blocks Australia from global sites over tax
AFP/File / Lionel BONAVENTURE Amazon said Australian shoppers wanting to use its global platforms will instead be directed to its smaller Australian site, which offers much less for sale

US internet giant Amazon will block Australian shoppers from its international websites to counter new tax laws on online purchases, it announced Thursday.

New rules require internet retailers like the American behemoth to collect a 10 percent goods and services tax on everything bought from overseas sites from July 1, including under the current tax-free threshold of Aus$1,000 (US$760).

As a result, Amazon said Australian shoppers wanting to use its global platforms will instead be directed to its smaller Australian site, which offers much less for sale.

Amazon reportedly baulked at the massive administrative burden of tracking GST [Goods and Services Tax] from all overseas transactions.

The new tax rules were brought in after years of lobbying by struggling local retailers, which have to apply GST to all online and store sales.
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