Goods and Services Tax (Australia)

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Goods and Services Tax (Australia) is a broad-based value-added tax introduced in 2000 that applies to most goods and services consumed in Australia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf indirect tax ⓘ
value-added tax ⓘ
administeredBy Australian Taxation Office ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Australian GST ⓘ
GST ⓘ
appliesInJurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
appliesTo imports into Australia ⓘ
most goods consumed in Australia ⓘ
most services consumed in Australia ⓘ
calculationMethod value-added basis ⓘ
collectionMethod collected by registered businesses ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Commonwealth taxation power ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
doesNotApplyTo education services (largely) ⓘ
financial supplies (input taxed) ⓘ
health services (largely) ⓘ
most basic food ⓘ
residential rents ⓘ
economicIncidence borne largely by final consumers ⓘ
effectiveFrom 2000-07-01 ⓘ
hasCategory 2000 introductions in Australia ⓘ
Taxation in Australia ⓘ
Value added taxes ⓘ
introducedBy Howard Government ⓘ
linked to: Howard government
introducedOn 2000-07-01 ⓘ
introducedUnderPrimeMinister John Howard ⓘ
introducedUnderTreasurer Peter Costello ⓘ
involves input tax credits ⓘ
tax invoices ⓘ
isBroadBased true ⓘ
isDestinationBased true ⓘ
isMultiStage true ⓘ
legalName A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 scheme ⓘ
legislatedBy Parliament of Australia ⓘ
partOf Australian tax system ⓘ
policyObjective broaden tax base ⓘ
replace inefficient indirect taxes ⓘ
primaryLegislation A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 ⓘ
registrationRequiredFor businesses above turnover threshold ⓘ
replaced Wholesale Sales Tax (Australia) ⓘ
various state and territory financial taxes (in part) ⓘ
reportedVia Business Activity Statement ⓘ
revenueSharing distributed to Australian states and territories ⓘ
standardRate 10% ⓘ
standardRateSince 2000-07-01 ⓘ
taxBase final private consumption ⓘ
taxType broad-based consumption tax ⓘ
zeroRatedFor exports from Australia ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John Howard → implementedPolicy → Goods and Services Tax (Australia) ⓘ
Fourth Labour Government of New Zealand → introducedTax → Goods and Services Tax ⓘ
linked to: Goods and Services Tax (Australia)
Goods and Services Tax (Australia) → alsoKnownAs → Australian GST ⓘ
linked to: Goods and Services Tax (Australia)
Goods and Services Tax (Australia) → legalName → A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 scheme ⓘ
linked to: Goods and Services Tax (Australia)
Goods and Services Tax (Australia) → primaryLegislation → A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 ⓘ
linked to: Goods and Services Tax (Australia)