In overseas online shopping, I am glad to see the words Free Shipping! But such a good day seems to be over. No, the Australian government is beginning to complain about the high cost of spending!
Recently, the federal government decided to increase the package tax of $5 per small package to cover the cost of security checks and balance the national biosafety budget! In other words, consumers have to pay more! And it`s $!
For example, if you buy a $10 free delivery book from overseas, you`ll have to pay 10% of GST, or $1, and a $5 package tax. A 10-dollar book, tax has to pay 6 dollars, think of the heart is so painful ah!
The move has drawn criticism from online retailers such as eBay and Amazon, who are reluctant to let their consumers pay for increased costs.
More than 38 million parcels worth less than 1000 Australian dollars were imported into Australia in the last fiscal year, according to Fairfax Media documents, and that figure will rise 31% over the next four years.
The huge increase in the entry of small parcels into Australia has undoubtedly put pressure on federal biosecurity, goods, trade and border tariffs, and the costs have also increased!
According to Fairfax documents, parcels tax will be levied mainly by cargo ships, couriers and individual consumers who import more than 1000 items a year.
Parcels tax for small online purchases is scheduled to begin on July 1. The government is expected to generate an annual budget of A $200 million, a figure that will rise as the number of parcels increases.
Australian consumers are quite dissatisfied with this policy and complain.
"the reason why Australians are overseas is because the things in the shops are too expensive. Goods overseas are usually cheap because they have not been processed in Australia. The government is the one to be blamed, making it impossible for companies to develop in Australia! Why do consumers have to pay for the government-made troubles? "
"Why doesn`t the government encourage overseas companies to come to Australia so we don`t have to buy cheap goods online?"
"it`s ridiculous to have consumers pay taxes on those missing couriers after receiving the package, if you want to charge it!"
Many girls will think that Tuao clothes bags are too dirt, will be from the domestic omnipotent treasure collection, but if later levied tax, does not mean that these things will also increase prices?
Christopher Zinn, a consumer behaviorist, says the queue of low-cost overseas retailers is over. He personally considered it inefficient to increase the package tax. "this will cause overseas retailers to worry that they may fight back because we have been talking about free trade, but if we charge a small package tax, it seems to be contrary to our ideals," he said.
Online shopping goods generally need to be half a month to a month after can receive, slow also forget, if still have to pay more, that may not be happy to buy it in the future!
