So in light of that, my reply directly to Sean might be OK for general consumption:

I know about the reverse - under New Zealand law it's where the Service is provided, so if you are providing a Service within New Zealand then yes you charge GST no matter where the customer is - this was the advice we received for running the NZNOG conference, as the conference is a Service and not Goods (attempting desperately here to somehow get this on-topic for the list...).  Goods are different, exported Goods are not liable for GST.

Gerard



On 19/11/2009 5:54 p.m., Skeeve Stevens wrote:
Sorry Steve... but while at the fringe of relevancy, we have operators dealing in both countries, like Vocus and others who are frequently moving equipment, parts and so on back and forwards, so the knowledge is useful.

...Skeeve

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-----Original Message-----
From: nznog-bounces@list.waikato.ac.nz [mailto:nznog-
bounces@list.waikato.ac.nz] On Behalf Of Steve Phillips
Sent: Thursday, 19 November 2009 3:23 PM
To: nznog@list.waikato.ac.nz
Subject: Re: [nznog] GST Question for sending things to NZ from AU

Also, if you want to be 100% certain, you have quite possibly chosen th
wrong list to post your question to as this isn't really an operational
issue.

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Steve.

Juha Saarinen wrote:
    
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.

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