The Notification about
Notification of the GST charge to Australia from 1st July and the relevant notes

• Dear Value customers:

  Hello!

  The Federal Parliament has passed law that will extend goods and services tax (GST) to low value imports of physical goods imported by consumers from 1 July 2018.

  Businesses that meet the A$75,000 registration threshold will need to take action now to review their business systems to ensure that they are able to comply. The existing processes to collect GST on imports above $1,000 at the border are unchanged. For those meet the A$75,000 registration threshold company need to register GST on ATO, the company including:

  1.Sellers who providing service, digital products or low value goods;

  2.Sellers who selling on different Marketplace such as eBay, AliExpress and Amazon.

  You can Click here to know more about details and welcome to consult your account manager as well.

  https://www.ato.gov.au/General/New-legislation/In-detail/Indirect-taxes/GST/GST-on-low-value-imported-goods/

  https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeld=202205780.

  Notes for sending the packages to Australia

  1. It is understood that the parcels are imported to Australia would be held by the customs for checking in the following cases. Once the parcel are checked by the customs, it is necessary to make formal customs clearance and there would be the handling fee for customs clearance.

  -The declaration of products are not appropriate and the description is not detailed.

  -The unconfirmed information of the consignee.

  2. Tips:

  Non-document products (express, dedicated line service) must be enclosed with invoices regardless of the value of the products.

  The description of the item needs to be clear and accurate, It is unacceptable for Box,Parcel, Goods, Gift as the product name.

  -The address of the recipient should be full and detailed, sending to P.O Box is unacceptable. And it is supported to save the parcels in storage cabinets, please make sure the contact phone number is correct to contact with the recipient and keeps unimpeded.

  It should be correct declaration value, please don't make lower declaration.

  3. The special attention should be paid to the following information:

  Sending the food and digital products to Australia will be charged additional fees by AQIS (Australian quarantine and inspection services), the exact charges should depend on the notice from the local customs.

  All the expenses and handling fee for customs clearance generated at customs, the recipient should pay them within 7 working days after receiving the notice from local customs. Otherwise there would be storage fee, the charge standard is AUD28 admin fee + AUD3.00 per day per parcel.

  The parcels would be destroyed locally if the packages did not finish the customs clearance within 30 days after holding by the customs, and all the fees should be paid by the sender if generated.

  Please kindly note the above information, and thanks for the kind cooperation!

  Best Regards,

  SFC Service Ltd.
  June 22, 2018.

  SFC Service ltd

  2018-06-22