TRS Higher Amount on Tax Invoice

drspy00 on 23/08/2016 - 14:03

Just bought an item online and hoped to claim TRS back at the airport.
I got a 15% discount with a coupon and for some reason the Tax Invoice they sent has a higher amount than what I paid, before the discount.
The GST is listed at the higher price.

Im wondering if the TRS claim could be rejected because they put the original price before the discount or would this likely be ok? I dont know if they make checks to see what was paid. Of-course I could contact the store but its a smaller store thats hard to contact and theres not much time before I leave but there may still be time.

Ive never had a problem with TRS in the past but Im not sure about this.

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Comments

  • shonofear on 23/08/2016 - 14:15
    +2

    sounds fine, you'll just get more back :P it happens with those ebay deals with coupons, invoice is for full amount before discount.

    • drspy00 on 23/08/2016 - 14:20

      Thats good then. Do you know why? is it because ebay reimburses the store for the coupons used rather than the store absorbing the discount?

      • shonofear on 23/08/2016 - 14:28
        +1

        not sure why tbh

      • Lucifersfury82 on 23/08/2016 - 15:26
        +1

        The store will receive the appropriate funds (as per the tax invoice) and eBay wears the discount as a "loss".

  • drspy00 on 23/08/2016 - 14:55
    +2

    Thanks for your help. I just wanted to make sure it wasnt an error then find it gets rejected as Ive gone to a bit of trouble this time with bargain shopping and im relying on the TRS :)

  • bluesky on 23/08/2016 - 18:31
    +1

    You get back whatever GST is stated in the invoice. Since that was the amount that has been paid to ATO by the merchant.

  • carwashhair on 16/09/2016 - 14:52

    Sorry to open this one up again but find myself in the same boat. 20% code from ebay/paypal that brought a laptop down from $1050 to $840. The invoice supplied shows $1050 with a GST of $95.45.

    Was planning on claiming when travelling OS next week, but since the total invoiced price is over $1k does that mean a refund just ain't gonna happen for me? Was thinking I could take the paypal payment in to show how much I paid, but that's not gonna solve the invoice/gst problem is it?

    • ronnknee on 18/09/2016 - 23:34
      +1

      but since the total invoiced price is over $1k does that mean a refund just ain't gonna happen for me?

      It's fine. You're probably thinking of the rule where you're supposed to pay tax for $900+ untaxed goods when you return. You can claim GST through TRS for any amount; the correct process is that you declare the item when you return, and anything over $900 is taxed.

      In your case, you "paid" $1050, $105 was GST. When you return, you declare the item as $945, you get taxed on the $45 portion which means $4.50 is payable.

      However, that's not considering depreciation so you can say justify the excess $150 difference ($1050 original price - $900 threshold) is depreciation and nothing is payable.

      • ronnknee on 19/09/2016 - 11:29

        Fixing up the numbers in my comment.

        In your case, you "paid" $1050, $95.45 was GST. When you return, you declare the item as $954.55, you get taxed on the $54.55 portion which means $5.46 is payable.

    • Peck on 19/09/2016 - 09:19
      +1

      Yep, pretty much like ronnknee said, but when you declare it on return, they won't bother charging you the small amount of gst. When you return and reimport the goods, you speak to the Customs Officer & just explain fully.

    • carwashhair on 19/09/2016 - 09:29

      Ok, pretty sure I understand now. From reading the TRS page, it looks like there is $900 untaxed goods per person on return, and since i'll be travelling with my partner we can split that between us? Hopefully that should cover the minor quibble on the gst/depreciation. Thanks again to both of you, peck and ronnknee.

      • Peck on 19/09/2016 - 10:23

        Yes can split.

  • LurvinOZB on 12/10/2016 - 07:57

    i recently purchased the dyson handheld v6 on ebay from bing lee; their invoice showed the full ebay discount, with a lower gst component.

    thoughts/ views?

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