So I've been stung with having to pay gst on a Kuiu order worth $249 NZ!!
Since when have we had to pay if the gst is worth $60 or more on a order coming in to NZ??
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So I've been stung with having to pay gst on a Kuiu order worth $249 NZ!!
Since when have we had to pay if the gst is worth $60 or more on a order coming in to NZ??
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Clothing has a special duty of its own..
"I thought I could bring in up to $400 worth of goods tax-free?
There is a common misconception that goods purchased online from overseas websites for less than NZ$400 can come into the country (be imported) without incurring any duty, GST, or charges. This ‘rule of thumb’ does not apply to goods that attract both duty and GST, such as clothing, shoes, and accessories. Customs charges maybe payable when the value of these goods exceeds approximately NZ$225."
whatsmyduty.co.nz
The Gov't changed the rules late last year, due to pressure from retail organizations.
Came down to some odd number like NZD230.
Pricks - got caught importing stainless brake lines for a motorcycle - from Aus., our 'supposed' CER friend. :omg:
Ok, was just wondering how long you've had to as I've been bringing in Kuiu clothing for over a year now with most orders worth more and it's the first time I've been stung...
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Ok thanks mate, bastards!!Quote:
Originally Posted by WallyR
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Nah, there is no threshold on clothing. You pay duty and gst no matter what the value. I guess in the case of clothing this is because there is a domestic clothing industry in NZ. As @StrikerNZ points out, always run your planned purchase thru what'smyduty and you will avoid a rant.Quote:
Originally Posted by WallyR
You have to pay you fcuken tax or I wont get my pension FFS its only fair!!
I won't be getting a pension when I get to that age full stop.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maca49
Feel privileged you have a chance of one.
Yeah duty on clothing has always been a big issue. We bring in band t-shirts and we pay more in duty when they arrive then they cost to purchase.
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I guess I've been pretty lucky in recent years in not getting stung once on the clothing side [emoji16]
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I think they are either being more diligent or you were unlucky and your parcel "won the lottery".Quote:
Originally Posted by Dreamer
I too must have snuck thru the tax grabbers on this side.
Purchased a top, Pack and neck gaiter from Badlands in the US as they had offered me a 35% off voucher. A bit of a manual process to get the order lodged and paid for via their service team but it arrived for a 50% saving at $130 USD as was also devoid local sales tax (15%) as duty free and no pick up from our revenue snatching team... Chuffed at winning the lottery on this one.
And too top it off the gear is absolutely brilliant (can't see how they made it for that price!)
And they threw it on Fedex delivery included in that $130 - Thanks Badlands - You guys crushed it!!!
Not true about clothing, same limits apply. There is just a heavy duty
If the GST and the duty total more than $60 they will collect, plus about 50 bucks in biosecurity charges (dumb system, payment should be included in the import duties).
So the $400 limit simply equates to $60 in gst if there is no duty to collect on the item ie sporting goods. You can find out what percentage duty you will be paying on the whats my duty website. If you get guys like kuiu to declare it as sporting goods, your chances of getting it past customs are way higher.
Just got mine caught for the first time $313nzd jacket turns into a $440nzd jacket... Stink
Yep I paid for mine, no guilt this end!:thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Jexla
And we are paying now, without any expectations that we will get ours when we age.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maca49
The couple of generations that got a govt pension are very lucky in the lottery of birth time in this regard. Anyone who can do simple math can see that the current system can't work going fwd as the working tax payers (and keep in mind that a huge percent of workers get more in benefits than they pay) v non workers (dole,pension etc) dynamic is rapidly getting skewed in an unsustainable direction with all projections saying it's going to get worse.
The way that a lot of current and soon to be pension receivers seem to both not give a shit and joke about it really rubs those younger up the wrong way. The I got mine so I don't care attitude so often displayed is disgusting and Maca49 you are so often guilty of it on this forum, even if you don't realize your doing it.
Bloody bastards. I've just finished a battle with customs. On this occasion I won though. I to have been bringing in Kuiu and boots the last few months with no hassles at all. Anyway this month I won a Kuiu competition and this week I get a letter saying I have to pay tax, duties, levies etc etc. I had to convince them it was a prize and I didn't buy it so should not pay the fees.
I noticed on the bill there were things like "Bio-security levy" and then "GST on bio security levy". Why should you pay tax on a levy? Isn't a levy a tax of sorts anyway? is bloody well not a good or service that's for sure!!
If anybody's buying Sitka, badlands etc - Linton Outdoors is worth a look. Good USD prices and they email the actual invoice and manipulate the shipping invoice to make it approx. $100 NZD for customs to look at. Worked for me 3x now and it arrives (to Queenstown) in about 7-10 days. Dream result.
Us pensioners paid in all our working lives, if they can't afford to pay us they can't afford to pay "working for families", people to sit at home, people to have kids they can't afford, and numerous other hand outs. Don't get me going on this subject, this forum is too good for this subject.Quote:
Originally Posted by res
But your getting back now, you paid for a much smaller pool of people than those now paying for you are paying for-and we don't have any realistic expectation of the next generation being able to do the same for us even if they wanted to.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetawa
You seem to be displaying the same blinkered view as Macka.
I do completely agree with the other points, they exasperate the problem
Due to advances in medicines therefore life expectancy has largely increased etc there are MUCH larger numbers of elderly still alive collecting pensions then there used to be.
That may very well continue to increase.
True Jexla, the length pensions is being paid for has increased a lot-and the medical care that enables it is hardly cheep either.
Of course people living longer is a good thing. And I doubt anyone really begrudges those getting a pension the $, but as a country we need to be able to start talking about how we can transition to a sustainable model with out a bunch of old fuckwits shutting the conversation down. I'm not talking about on this forum but in NZ politics.
If we don't find a solution we will have a societal collapse (damn I'm starting to sound like tussock).
Is a universal income a option?
Is private financial products the answer?
Is it expanded kiwisaver?
Is it making the pension only for a set number of years?
How do we transition to any of these options?(and this is where the buthurt folk seem to come in)
How do retirement villages and full care homes fit into this all?(I'm currently going through this with a family member and the $ side of it is distressing to my grandfather to put it mildly)
Take your rant somewhere else we dont want to here this on this forum
Go jump, the pm's tell a different storyQuote:
Originally Posted by Huk
Ummmmmm...........What have the last few posts got to do with clothing GST???
Start a new thread if you want to debate politics etc etc.
Very little, it's just a segway as happens on most forum posts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kudu
Still, a good idea
Segways are for old people........just like pensions.Quote:
Originally Posted by res
Do they get hold of you if theyve got your package or do you contact them? Havent seen my order yet but the tracking says it cleared customs on the 16th
No poolitics on this forum
Customs normally sends a letter to the address on the package they have stopped. If your worried about the time that has passed you can email them-they tend to be very good at responding in my experienceQuote:
Originally Posted by Benfransham
and theres nothing wrong with either the venting nor pissing into a wind.....................Quote:
Originally Posted by Tussock
Call NZ post international mail centre, they have an option for checking items awaiting customs fees.. lately I've found things taking a week from clearing customs to arriving in ChchQuote:
Originally Posted by Benfransham
Did you not pay enough tax during your working life to fund your own pension?Quote:
Originally Posted by Maca49
Your should support families with kids as those kids are going to (hopefully) grow up to be taxpayers. Likewise you should support gubberment funding education because educated people get higher paid jobs and pay more tax.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetawa
sounds like a few on here have a spot of pensioner menstrual tension .Im with macca-3yrs and illbe applying for the bastard with neer a hint of regret -FFS Ive spent the majority of my working life nursing lifes whingers madmen PhDs and poor blameless bastards and yes my fucking face was the last a lot of lonely people saw before their appointment with the undertaker A few i had the honour of laying out before the undertaker collected em ,as real nurses were once taught -not the polyplastic PC indoctrinated tertiary nurses you see today.
ok thats my rant over
back to the subject.have a look on Nzs exmilitarystore website-that had those alpine boots going in a good deal.dunno what they were but try it.