If the cost of the goods and postage is less than A$1000 there is nothing to pay Customs.
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You are correct in that if the cost fo the goods + postage is greater than $1000 you will pay GST regardless of whether duty is payable.If the goods' "country of origin" is the USA, then it is highly probable that it is covered by the Australia/USA free trade agreement, which means no duty, no matter what the value of the goods is. However, my understanding is that for value over AUD$1000, they will charge you the 10% GST.
I'd check everything first. for example, about a year ago, I imported 2 photographic studio flash units from the USA. I checked the customs code designation for flash units against the free trade agreement, and they were duty free. The value was just under AUD$1000, so I payed nothing when they arrived, and UPS shipped them straight to my door. However, a lens that I bought attracted import duty because it was made in Korea. Even though I bought it from a store in the USA. It was much less than AUD$1000.
You are correct in that if the cost fo the goods + postage is greater than $1000 you will pay GST regardless of whether duty is payable.
As for paying under $1000. The current regime says that if the cost of the landed goods ie. goods + freight is under $1000 you won't have to pay. This threshold has increased in the last year or two.
Customs Officer here. I knowStrictly the GST is due on the value of the goods plus transport costs in $AU on the day they arrive in Australia, that is using that days conversion rate not the rate you paid. There are exemptions for personal goods under certain values and $1000 sounds about right.
Duty is abolished and replaced with GST, some items have tarriffs applied to them on arrival in Australia, footwear for one, there are lists of these items available from customs I think. www.customs.gov.au should give you some more info, I remember from when I was looking at this the information was hard to get to.
I asked why he only quotes postage to the highest bidder and got a very nasty email in return.
Suppose if you win he may charge $100.00 postage,what ever it's a supprize
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Just picked this up, my brother will bring it over with him in a few months.
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