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PayPal in US$ - Australian based - how to charge GST?

by jonnyrottan
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Hi,

I sell a subscription to an online language reading course.

I use Amember as my subscription interface. I am in Australia but the currency I sell in is in US$.

The issue is that when an Australian purchases they are not charged GST (10%) to the Australian equivalent of the US$ sale price, and we land up having to pay the 10% out of the money we receive.

I phoned PayPal and they said that they cannot do a selective GST fee charge, it will be either on or off. This is no good as the purchaser from the USA is not liable to pay a tax on top of their purchase price, and quite rightly so!

I am wondering what people in a similar situation to me are doing.

I know I have purchased things from the UK and don't pay the VAT or purchases from the USA from certain states that have a tax that I do not pay either - so there is 'smarts' somewhere along the line but I am not sure where or how it is done.

Thanks in advance for any feedback.

JR
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  • Profile picture of the author YourBizAid
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    Simply reduce or increase your price and complement it with a TAX when people are buying from the U.S. Those from AU won't get a discount or price reduction either way. It's a bit complicated but I've done similar things in PayPal when creating a subscription for my services.

    The real issue is, what happens when guys from the U.K, NZ, Canada, etc subscribes to your service
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    • Profile picture of the author jonnyrottan
      Originally Posted by YourBizAid View Post

      Simply reduce or increase your price and complement it with a TAX when people are buying from the U.S. Those from AU won't get a discount or price reduction either way. It's a bit complicated but I've done similar things in PayPal when creating a subscription for my services.

      The real issue is, what happens when guys from the U.K, NZ, Canada, etc subscribes to your service
      Yep, sales can be be from anywhere where English is spoken. UK, USA, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand, etc...
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      • Profile picture of the author jonnyrottan
        As an example I clicked on the ad on this page and got taken to: http://myppctsunami.com/

        At the bottom of the page it says: VAT applied within European Union. (paying via paypal)

        So why can't I have something similar with Australian GST?

        JR
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