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  2. Goods and Services Tax (New Zealand) - Wikipedia

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    Goods and Services Tax ( GST) is a value-added tax or consumption tax for goods and services consumed in New Zealand . GST in New Zealand is designed to be a broad-based system with few exemptions, such as for rents collected on residential rental properties, donations, precious metals and financial services. [1]

  3. Goods and services tax (Australia) - Wikipedia

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    Goods and Services Tax [1] ( GST) in Australia is a value added tax of 10% on most goods and services sales, with some exemptions (such as for certain food, healthcare and housing items [2]) and concessions (including qualifying long term accommodation which is taxed at an effective rate of 5.5% [3] ). GST is levied on most transactions in the ...

  4. Taxation in New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    New Zealand went through a major program of tax reform in the 1980s. The top marginal rate of income tax was reduced from 66% to 33% (changed to 39% in April 2000, 38% in April 2009, 33% on 1 October 2010 and back to 39% in April 2021) and corporate income tax rate from 48% to 28% (changed to 30% in 2008 and to 28% on 1 October 2010).

  5. Goods and Services Tax Act 1985 - Wikipedia

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    The Goods and Services Tax Act is an Act of Parliament passed in New Zealand in 1985. The Act established a consumption tax in New Zealand, originally set at 10%, but subsequently raised to 15%. GST is a tax of 15% on all goods, services and other items sold or consumed in New Zealand. Individuals become liable to pay GST when their annual ...

  6. List of countries by tax rates - Wikipedia

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    Map of the world showing national-level sales tax / VAT rates as of October 2019. Additional local taxes may apply. [citation needed]A comparison of tax rates by countries is difficult and somewhat subjective, as tax laws in most countries are extremely complex and the tax burden falls differently on different groups in each country and sub-national unit.

  7. Value-added tax - Wikipedia

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    Money portal. v. t. e. A value-added tax ( VAT or goods and services tax ( GST ), general consumption tax (GCT) ), is a consumption tax that is levied on the value added at each stage of a product's production and distribution. VAT is similar to, and is often compared with, a sales tax. VAT is an indirect tax because the consumer who ultimately ...

  8. Political funding in New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    In New Zealand spending limits for political parties and candidates (i.e. their campaign spending) do not include some typical election expenses (e.g. opinion polling, travel costs, consultancy fees). [3] At the 2020 general election, advertising spending limits stood at $27,500 for political candidates and $1,169,000 plus $27,500 per ...

  9. Taxation in Australia - Wikipedia

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    A goods and services tax (GST) is a value added tax levied by the federal government at 10% on the supply of most goods and services by entities registered for the tax. The GST was introduced in Australia on 1 July 2000 by the then Howard Liberal government. A number of supplies are GST-free (e.g., many basic foodstuffs, medical and educational ...