Alterations to NZ’s online GST rules could cost the economy

“Even through a coordinated OECD regime, it seems unlikely that many small sellers would be interested in navigating that kind of bureaucracy.”

Jason Walls
Mon, 23 Mar 2015

Changing online tax rules by applying GST to low-value imports may cause more harm than good to the New Zealand economy, an expert says.

New Zealand Initiative research head Dr Eric Crampton says applying online GST to low-value imports could end up backfiring on the economy and deterring online

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