Re: [nznog] GST Question for sending things to NZ from AU

On 19/11/2009 5:07 p.m., Skeeve Stevens wrote:

Hey all,

We have a customer in NZ, and we sold them a router for a site in Auckland. I think they paid for it via their Australian bank account -- which means they paid Australian GST.

We shipping it to NZ via TNT.

What I am wondering is -- when it lands in NZ, do they again have to pay NZ GST?

When I buy things from say -- Singapore, I pay it ex-GST and then Fedex demands the GST before they release it to me here.

Is it the same with NZ? Should we have sold it to them ex-GST in Australia because the router is leaving the country?

Yes, same here and yes, ex-GST sale unless the NZ customer does business in Australia and is registered for GST there. -- Juha