女性卫生棉条将免GST

女性卫生棉条需要征收GST,医用护垫则不需要。早餐燕麦不含消费税,但早餐麦片条和饮料却需缴税。本文将探讨了某些商品对GST 豁免问题。

澳大利亚的商品和服务税(GST)很混乱。为了确保商品及服务税通过议会,当中促成了一项协议,就是免除某些项目如新鲜食品,教育,健康和儿童保育等征收GST,原因是为了确保低收入者不会受到商品及服务税对生活必需品的不利影响。然而,我们的邻居新西兰却采取了更简单的方法,将GST应用于大部分的商品服务项目,将救助低收入者的的任务交由社会保障体系。

澳大利亚的GST困境在于不同产品和服务之间征收GST的界限不明确,使在不同项目的税收处理之间造成异常。女性卫生用品就是其中的典型。例如,女性卫生用品不被认为是健康医用类产品,但医用护垫是医疗所需的可免于GST。卫生纸和尿布,可以说也是生活必需品,却也要征收 GST

财政部已经进行了咨询,以确定什么类型的女性卫生产品可取消征收商品及服务税。州政府已同意取消GST。联邦政府也表示,打算从2019年1月1日开始取消卫生棉条的GST,但到目前为止,暂时还无立法引入议会确认实施改革。

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