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brucehoult:

--- Quote from: retiredfeline on March 31, 2024, 08:05:56 am ---
--- Quote from: c64 on March 31, 2024, 07:30:47 am ---This shop doesn't have anything under $1 any more, here is another random find

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Give us the link and I'll try to reproduce it. What does it tell you when you click on the ? for info on the tax?

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Note that in additional to GST (which is on everything) Australia imposes import duty on pretty much everything. The GST is calculated on the total of the goods, the value of the shipping (whether you actually pay that or not), and the duty, which I believe (I'm in NZ not Aus) is a minimum of 5% but can be a lot more.

Psi:

--- Quote from: brucehoult on March 31, 2024, 08:48:19 am ---
--- Quote from: retiredfeline on March 31, 2024, 08:05:56 am ---
--- Quote from: c64 on March 31, 2024, 07:30:47 am ---This shop doesn't have anything under $1 any more, here is another random find

--- End quote ---

Give us the link and I'll try to reproduce it. What does it tell you when you click on the ? for info on the tax?

--- End quote ---

Note that in additional to GST (which is on everything) Australia imposes import duty on pretty much everything. The GST is calculated on the total of the goods, the value of the shipping (whether you actually pay that or not), and the duty, which I believe (I'm in NZ not Aus) is a minimum of 5% but can be a lot more.

--- End quote ---

Aliexpress pre-pay the GST. Duty is applied/charged by local customs clearance when your item passes through customs and is totally separate invoice you pay.
Duty only gets charged if your orders is large enough for customs to bother with it.
Some items have zero duty
At least in NZ

brucehoult:

--- Quote from: Psi on March 31, 2024, 11:33:50 am ---
--- Quote from: brucehoult on March 31, 2024, 08:48:19 am ---
--- Quote from: retiredfeline on March 31, 2024, 08:05:56 am ---
--- Quote from: c64 on March 31, 2024, 07:30:47 am ---This shop doesn't have anything under $1 any more, here is another random find

--- End quote ---

Give us the link and I'll try to reproduce it. What does it tell you when you click on the ? for info on the tax?

--- End quote ---

Note that in additional to GST (which is on everything) Australia imposes import duty on pretty much everything. The GST is calculated on the total of the goods, the value of the shipping (whether you actually pay that or not), and the duty, which I believe (I'm in NZ not Aus) is a minimum of 5% but can be a lot more.

--- End quote ---

Aliexpress pre-pay the GST. Duty is applied/charged by local customs clearance when your item passes through customs and is totally separate invoice you pay.
Duty only gets charged if your orders is large enough for customs to bother with it.
Some items have zero duty
At least in NZ

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I'm familiar with how things work in NZ as I live there. In NZ we are now fortunate to not pay GST or duty or customs processing fees on anything under $1000, if the original vendor is not in the overseas GST adding system. And very little has duty outside of booze and tobacco and some clothing and footwear.

But the conversation is about Australia, which is quite different. They, as I said, add duty to EVERYTHING imported (over some base value), they have rather large duty on a lot of things such as for example I think motor vehicles which NZ doesn't have (and they don't even make tham in Australia any more!)

As I understand it, Canadians are unfortunate to have to pay tax and processing fees on anything over $30.  Ouch!

c64:

--- Quote from: retiredfeline on March 31, 2024, 08:05:56 am ---
--- Quote from: c64 on March 31, 2024, 07:30:47 am ---This shop doesn't have anything under $1 any more, here is another random find

--- End quote ---

Give us the link and I'll try to reproduce it. What does it tell you when you click on the ? for info on the tax?

--- End quote ---

Try these, only works for first time buyer
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005977505151.html
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006336964908.html
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005956297621.html

Can you give me link to any item (under $1 free shipping) which have tax correct? Every one I click are incorrect.

(?) info on the tax is exactly the same as for all other items

David_AVD:
When you say "first time buyer" do you mean first time buying from that store, or first time buying anything from AliExpress?

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