Subject: FW: Tax
From: Warren Bolton [mailto:me@warrenbolton.com]
Sent: Thursday, 21 September 2017 10:04 AM
To: 'hq@godaddy.com' <hq@godaddy.com>
Subject: Tax
I have been buying domains off Godaddy
since 2001 and I have never ever paid ‘tax’ the only cost I’ve have paid above
the product cost are those to support ICANN.
In case
the tax is a ‘GST’ applied because I am an Australian citizen I need to put you
on notice of the following circumstances.
Legislation
to impose GST on the purchase of goods in Australia was brought into law on 1
July 2000 so during the whole period of time I have been buying domains from
you the Australian GST has been operational.
Next,
if you are imposing a GST on me because I am an Australian citizen you must be
aware that I am not buying an Australian product. The products that I am buying
is generated by an American company.
If I
travel to America for a holiday and buy a burger in a shop will I be required
to pay GST because I am an Australian buying an American product?
Or
Are you
imposing a GST on me because of political pressure by the Australian government
to do so because I am purchasing products outside of Australia in competition
to Australian products and consequently lost tax revenue ?
I am
putting you on notice that you are taking yourself into a legal minefield.
There is no legislative authority for you to place a GST charge on my purchase
of an American product in America no matter from where I, as a purchaser, am
located.
I am
sure your lawyers will confirm to you that this is correct.
The
Australian government does have legislative power to impose a duty on goods
imported into the country but those goods are by legislation required to be
paid by the person and at the time of import.
I am in
fact not importing any goods into Australia.
All the
goods are staying in America. They are being held with you, as registrar, by
your company which I understand is located within the United States.
I
acknowledge that you do have a contact service facility located in Australia but
if I go to an American bank and place some valuable possessions of mine into a
bank fault I am absolutely confident that there is no way that the Australian
government can place a tax on me for that activity even if that bank also had a
branch in Australia.
You
need to seriously rethink your position on this because if it continues I
intend to organise a class action by Australian users of GoDaddy’s
products, you see I am of the very firm view that there is no legislative
basis for charging that GST tax on my purchases from you - if you are relying
on Australian law.
Now if
I am wrong in this regards and in actual fact the American federal
government or one of the states of America has imposed legislation
on you to charge a ‘tax’ on the products you sell then that would be a
different story - so in this regards I look forward to your competent advice.
Warren Bolton
558 Mooloo Road
MOOLOO - PC 4570
Queensland Australia.
Alternative contacts:-
Mobile Int. 614 293949 04
Aust.04 293949 04
Wisdom - if you don’t want to borrow someone else’s
then you have to pay to get your own. [WB]
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