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- From: hoconnel@iti.org (Heath O'Connell)
- Newsgroups: aus.politics
- Subject: Re: GST - double tax?
- Date: 18 Nov 1992 00:59:27 GMT
- Organization: The University of Adelaide
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- Keywords: GST
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- rakesh@mame.mu.OZ.AU (Rakesh DESAI) writes:
-
- >govt? My personal experience is that, in India (from where I have
- >migrated) Sales Tax (similar to GST) of 4 to 12% is charged on
- >commodities (depending on the category). This is there in Indian system
- >for past 40 years (Dr. Hewson made it sound GST as brand new idea).
-
- I don't know when he said this. The Coalition is usually at pains to
- stress that some sort of consumption tax operates in most major economies.
- Usual examples are Canada and New Zealand.
-
-
- >ps I am liberal supporter but Kennet and Hewson are making me really
- >think whether they are worth getting elected!
-
- If Labor did win, would this be a case of
- 'The Government didn't win,
- the Opposition lost.'
-
- An interesting turn around.
-
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