Timeline for Paying of Tax at the Airport in Australia?
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| Mar 3, 2016 at 1:07 | history | edited | Scott Earle♦ |
Added the customs and taxes tags
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| Mar 3, 2016 at 0:48 | comment | added | user9172 | to CMaster oh ic, ok but how will custom know if I moving Australia for good? But I'm a citizen of both Singapore and Australia and have not return to Australia for nearly 10 years. Will I still be exempted from tax? @jpatokal but if the item have been with me for more than a year, will custom be able to tell? | |
| Mar 2, 2016 at 11:34 | history | migrated | from travel.stackexchange.com (revisions) | ||
| Mar 2, 2016 at 11:29 | answer | added | lambshaanxy | timeline score: 3 | |
| Mar 2, 2016 at 11:03 | comment | added | CMaster | PCWX - 1. the taxes that you are being asked to pay are either import taxes (often called duty) or VAT. 2. No, I mean that people moving to a country from another one often get a large, one-off exemption from import taxes to allow them to bring their posessions without being unfairly taxed. | |
| Mar 2, 2016 at 10:48 | comment | added | PCWX | @Gagravarr I just want to check on the tax first to get thing clear. | |
| Mar 2, 2016 at 10:43 | comment | added | Gagravarr | As you're moving to Australia for good, this belongs on the Expats site rather than here | |
| Mar 2, 2016 at 10:33 | comment | added | PCWX | @CMaster Yes, I'm bringing items purchased outside of Australia to be remained in Australia and will be moving to Australia. 1.What do you mean by import duties? 2. By entitle, do you mean that the tax rate will be higher then 10%? | |
| Mar 2, 2016 at 10:28 | comment | added | CMaster | Just to be perfectly clear - you are brining items purchased outside of Australia to remain in Australia? And you are moving to Australia permenanatly at this point? (The first is (probably) relevant to if you have to pay import duties. The second question may entitle you to considerably greater allowances beyond the normal) | |
| Mar 2, 2016 at 10:22 | comment | added | PCWX | @CMaster have edited my question, do refer from there. :) | |
| Mar 2, 2016 at 10:21 | comment | added | PCWX | @jcaron currently I'm living in Singapore but will be moving to Australia for good. | |
| Mar 2, 2016 at 10:02 | comment | added | CMaster | PCWX, the bit we don't understand is literally the phrase "the items is owe more than a year" - this makes no sense in english. The problem seems to be the word "owe". We need to know more about were you live and what you intend to do with the Laptop. It matters if you are planning on taking it out of the country again or not. | |
| Mar 2, 2016 at 9:57 | comment | added | jcaron | What is your personal situation? Are you living in Australia, and just think about buying a laptop in Singapore to bring it back, or are you living in Singapore, and just going to Australia for a short try (holidays/business) and want to bring your laptop with you? Or something else still? | |
| Mar 2, 2016 at 9:55 | comment | added | PCWX | @DCTLib what I mean if the items is owe more than a year do I still need to pay tax? but if the item is not more than a year do I need to pay tax? | |
| Mar 2, 2016 at 9:23 | comment | added | DCTLib | PCWX, can you explain what you mean by "do I need to pay tax if item is owe more than a year but it not more than a year" - that part of the question is not clear. | |
| Mar 2, 2016 at 4:42 | comment | added | Zach Lipton | Customs authorities are very good at figuring out what goods are worth. If you destroy the receipt and they choose to make an issue of it, they can value the laptop themselves or make you produce documentation before they'll let you bring it in. | |
| Mar 2, 2016 at 4:01 | history | asked | PCWX | CC BY-SA 3.0 |