Is it like the US colo servers a lot of us have? Where we don't pay Australian taxes? Well, we never have... but I like Seans question though. ...Skeeve -- Skeeve Stevens, CEO/Technical Director eintellego Pty Ltd - The Networking Specialists skeeve(a)eintellego.net / www.eintellego.net Phone: 1300 753 383, Fax: (+612) 8572 9954 Cell +61 (0)414 753 383 / skype://skeeve www.linkedin.com/in/skeeve ; facebook.com/eintellego -- NOC, NOC, who's there? From: nznog-bounces(a)list.waikato.ac.nz [mailto:nznog-bounces(a)list.waikato.ac.nz] On Behalf Of Sean K. Finn Sent: Thursday, 19 November 2009 3:25 PM To: 'nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz' Subject: Re: [nznog] GST Question for sending things to NZ from AU Hi All, Long time reader, first time poster in NZNog. I have a question r.e. provision of services + GST. I know this one's been covered by our accountants/legal etc, but Im still curious as to common perception. I have a server in Sydney, that I lease out to a NZ client. They pay in $AUD, but are 100% located in NZ. Do I charge them Australian GST? Do they need to pay NZ GST instead ? I.e. it's an exported service, nothing ever touches down in NZ. -Sean From: nznog-bounces(a)list.waikato.ac.nz [mailto:nznog-bounces(a)list.waikato.ac.nz] On Behalf Of Juha Saarinen Sent: Thursday, 19 November 2009 2:13 PM To: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: 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