Practical Information
Taxes
As of July 1st 2000, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) taxation system has come into effect in
Australia. All previous Federal and State taxes have been abolished and a standard tax of 10% has
been applied to all goods and services.
In most cases, prices on goods are normally marked inclusive of GST, so there are no suprises at
the cash counter! Sometimes though, they could be marked as 'plus GST', in which case 10% of the
marked price has to be added to the price of the item.
However, visitors from overseas are exempt from certain excise taxes and can get discounts at some
department stores and duty free stores. By presenting your passport and plane ticket, you can get
up to a third off the marked price of goods.
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