GST hike to 15%

[Tank]

So why would you want to go to NZ if you don't want to be ripped off.

Yeah - because no other country has GST / VAT - well apart from:

Country Standard rate Reduced rate Abbr. Name
Austria 20% 12% or 10% USt. Umsatzsteuer
Belgium 21% 12%, 6% or 0% in some cases BTW
TVA
MWSt Belasting over de toegevoegde waarde
Taxe sur la Valeur Ajoutée
Mehrwertsteuer
Bulgaria 20% 0% or 7% ДДС Данък върху добавената стойност
Cyprus 15% 5% (8% for taxi and bus transportation) ΦΠΑ Φόρος Προστιθέμενης Αξίας
Czech Republic 20% 10% DPH Daň z přidané hodnoty
Denmark 25% none moms Merværdiafgift
Estonia 20% (as of July 1, 2009) 9% km käibemaks
Finland 22% (23% from 1 July 2010 on)[14] 12% or 8% ALV
Moms Arvonlisävero
Mervärdesskatt
France 19.6% 5.5% or 2.1% TVA Taxe sur la valeur ajoutée
Germany 19% 7% MwSt./USt. Mehrwertsteuer/Umsatzsteuer
Greece 21% (to be raised to 23%) 10% or 5%
(reduced by 30% to 15%, 7% and 4% on islands) ΦΠΑ Φόρος Προστιθέμενης Αξίας
Hungary 25% (as of July 1, 2009[15]) 5% ÁFA általános forgalmi adó
Ireland 21% (as of January 1, 2010)[16] 13.5%, 4.8% or 0% CBL
VAT Cáin Bhreisluacha (Irish)
Value Added Tax (English)
Italy 20% 10% or 4% IVA Imposta sul Valore Aggiunto
Latvia 21% 0% or 10% PVN Pievienotās vērtības nodoklis
Lithuania 21% (as of September 1, 2009) 9% or 5% PVM Pridėtinės vertės mokestis
Luxembourg 15% 12%, 9%, 6%, or 3% TVA Taxe sur la Valeur Ajoutée
Malta 18% 5% VAT Taxxa tal-Valur Miżjud
Netherlands 19% 6% or 0% BTW Belasting over de toegevoegde waarde
Poland 22% 7%, 3% or 0% PTU/VAT Podatek od towarów i usług
Portugal 20% (21% from 1 July 2010 on) 12% or 5% (13% or 6% from 1 July 2010 on) IVA Imposto sobre o Valor Acrescentado
Madeira and Azores 15% 8% or 4% IVA Imposto sobre o Valor Acrescentado
Romania 19% 9% TVA Taxa pe valoarea adăugată
Slovakia 19% 10% DPH Daň z pridanej hodnoty
Slovenia 20% 8.5% DDV Davek na dodano vrednost
Spain 16% (18% from 1 July 2010 on)[17] 7% or 4% (8% or 4% from 1 July 2010 on)[18] IVA Impuesto sobre el Valor Añadido
Canary Islands 5% 0% or 2% IGIC Impuesto General Indirecto Canario
Sweden 25% 12% or 6% Moms Mervärdesskatt
United Kingdom 17.5% (Change Likely 2010/11) [19] 5% or 0% VAT Value Added Tax
[edit]Non-EU countries
Country Standard rate Reduced rate Local name
Albania 20% 0% TVSH = Tatimi mbi Vlerën e Shtuar
Azerbaijan 18% 10.5% or 0% ƏDV = Əlavə dəyər vergisi
Argentina 21% 10.5% or 0% IVA = Impuesto al Valor Agregado
Armenia 20% 0% AAH = Avelac’vaç aržek’i hark
ԱԱՀ = Ավելացված արժեքի հարկ
Australia 10% 0% GST = Goods and Services Tax
Belarus 20% ПДВ = Падатак на дададзеную вартасьць
Barbados 15% VAT = Value Added Tax
Bosnia and Herzegovina 17% 0% PDV = Porez na dodanu vrijednost
Brazil 12% + 25% + 5% 0% *IPI - 12% = Imposto sobre produtos industrializados (Tax over industrialized products) - Federal Tax
ICMS - 25% = Imposto sobre circulação e serviços (Tax over commercialization and services) - State Tax
ISS - 5% = Imposto sobre serviço de qualquer natureza (Tax over any service) - City tax

*IPI = Imposto sobre produtos industrializados (Tax over industrialized products) can reach 60% over imported products.
Bolivia 13% IVA = Impuesto al Valor Agregado
Canada 5% 4.5%2 GST = Goods and Services Tax, TPS = Taxe sur les produits et services; HST = Harmonized Sales Tax, TVH = Taxe de vente harmonisée
Chile 19% IVA = Impuesto al Valor Agregado
Colombia 16% IVA = Impuesto al Valor Agregado
People's Republic of China3 17% 6% or 3% 增值税 (pinyin:zēng zhí shuì)
Croatia 23% 10% or 0% PDV = Porez na dodanu vrijednost
Dominican Republic 16% 12% or 0% ITBIS = Impuesto sobre Transferencia de Bienes Industrializados y Servicios
Ecuador 12% IVA = Impuesto al Valor Agregado
Egypt 10% GST = Goods and Sales Tax (الضريبة على القيمة المضافة)
El Salvador 13% IVA = Impuesto al Valor Agregado
Fiji 12.5% 0% VAT = Value Added Tax
Georgia 18% 0% DGhG = Damatebuli Ghirebulebis gdasakhadi დღგ = დამატებული ღირებულების გადასახადი
Guatemala 12% IVA = Impuesto al Valor Agregado
Guyana[20] 16% 0% VAT = Value Added Tax
Iran 3% VAT = Value Added Tax (مالیات بر ارزش افزوده)
Iceland 25.5% 7%4 VSK, VASK = Virðisaukaskattur
India5 12.5% 4%, 1%, or 0% VAT = Valued Added Tax
Indonesia 10% 5% PPN = Pajak Pertambahan Nilai
Israel6 16%7 Ma'am = מס ערך מוסף
Japan 5% Consumption tax = 消費税
South Korea 10% VAT = 부가세(附加稅, Bugase) = 부가가치세(附加價値稅, Bugagachise)
Jersey8 3% 0% GST = Goods and Services Tax
Jordan 16% GST = Goods and Sales Tax
Kazakhstan 13% Қосымша салық құны
Kosovo 16% TVSH = Tatimi mbi Vlerën e Shtuar
Lebanon 10% TVA = Taxe sur la valeur ajoutée
Morocco 20% GST = Goods and Sales Tax (الضريبة على القيمة المضافة)
Moldova 20% 8%, 5% or 0% TVA = Taxa pe Valoarea Adăugată
Macedonia 18% 5% ДДВ = Данок на Додадена Вредност, DDV = Danok na Dodadena Vrednost
Malaysia9 10% GST = Goods and Services Tax (Government Tax)
Mexico 16% 0% IVA = Impuesto al Valor Agregado
Montenegro 17% PDV = Porez na dodatu vrijednost
Mauritius 15% VAT = Value Added Tax
New Zealand 12.5% GST = Goods and Services Tax
Norway 25% 14% or 8% MVA = Merverdiavgift (bokmål)or meirverdiavgift (nynorsk) (informally moms)
Palestine 14.5% VAT = Value Added Tax
Pakistan 16% 1% or 0% GST = General Sales Tax
Panama 5% ITBMS = Impuesto de Transferencia de Bienes Muebles y Servicios
Paraguay 10% 5% IVA= Impuesto al Valor Agregado
Peru 19% IGV = Impuesto General a la Ventas
Philippines 12%10 RVAT = Reformed Value Added Tax, locally known as Karagdagang Buwis
Russia 18% 10% or 0% НДС = Налог на добавленную стоимость, NDS = Nalog na dobavlennuyu stoimost’
Serbia 18% 8% or 0% ПДВ = Порез на додату вредност, PDV = Porez na dodatu vrednost
Singapore 7% GST = Goods and Services Tax
South Africa 14% 0% VAT = Valued Added Tax
Sri Lanka 12%
Switzerland 7.6%
(8% from 2011 to 2017) 3.6% (hotel sector) and 2.4% (consumer goods)
Temporarily changing to 3.8% and 2.5% due to AI funding from 2011 to 2017. MWST = Mehrwertsteuer, TVA = Taxe sur la valeur ajoutée, IVA = Imposta sul valore aggiunto, TPV = Taglia sin la Plivalur
Taiwan 5%
Thailand 7% VAT = Value Added Tax, ภาษีมูลค่าเพิ่ม
Trinidad and Tobago 15%
Turkey 18% 8% or 1% KDV = Katma değer vergisi
Ukraine 20% 0% ПДВ = Податок на додану вартість, PDV = Podatok na dodanu vartist’.
Uruguay 22% 10% IVA = Impuesto al Valor Agregado
Uzbekistan 20 % НДС = Налог на добавленную стоимость
Vietnam 10% 5% or 0% GTGT = Giá Trị Gia Tăng
Venezuela 12% 11% IVA = Impuesto al Valor Agregado

[NZsarge]

The great GeSTapo tax that would never go beyond 10% went to 12.5% & now to 15%
If you're a tourist then every $1.00 you spend will cost you $1.15, you may get some relief if you're taking goods out of the country, have your paper work in order & can be bothered jumping through hoops like a trained dog to get the GST reimbursed.

At this rate the increase would be 15% but i'm pretty sure the increase is only 2.5%

[Quasievil]

I have no real issues with the Budget and its outcomes but THEY CAN STICK THAT FUCKING ETS RIGHT UP THEIR FUCKING ARSES!!

Ive posted alot on KB about this fucking scam, and have been on the end of the arguments from the loonie greenie plonkers who actually believe the ETS was going to save the world...........idiots!!!

Open your checkbooks suckers.

[Mully]

Why is this misguided rant being left in this section?

BTW, you can't get GST reimbursed when you leave the country, fuknKIWI.

[Lurch]

Yeah - because no other country has GST / VAT - well apart from....

As per Tanks quote we are far from the top of GST rates internationally.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_rates_around_the_world

[Swoop]

I've said it before & I'll say it again;

NEW ZEALAND MY FAVORITE THIRD WORLD COUNTRY

Please mind your manners. We are a Banana Republic and aspire to being "third world" status.

But at least we are not Australia, eh?

[firefighter]

If I'm a tourist, every $1 I spend is $1 - it's inclusive! Not like the USA, where the price is , say, $1 then they say.."plus X amount sales tax, that'll be $1.08 please" , or similar.

That really fucked me off about the U.S. Even more annoying is the fact that some shops have it inclusive, and some do'nt, and they can be right next door to each other.

[Max Preload]

BTW, you can't get GST reimbursed when you leave the country, fuknKIWI.

Correct-a-mundo.

[rainman]

and guess we wont have many tourist after 2020 anyway if they go ahead with there total smoking ban in NZ

Won't be the smoking that does it, it'll be either the price of oil (air travel) or the continued global recession/depression.

Ive posted alot on KB about this fucking scam, and have been on the end of the arguments from the loonie greenie plonkers who actually believe the ETS was going to save the world...........idiots!!!

I am a loonie greenie (not so much a plonker, but YMMV) and certainly do not think that this ETS will save the world.

[Quasievil]

I am a loonie greenie (not so much a plonker, but YMMV) and certainly do not think that this ETS will save the world.

Good for you Bro, you would be one of the few then, whats YMMV mean?

[rainman]

Your Mileage May Vary

In other words, I think I'm not a plonker, you may disagree!

[Quasievil]

Your Mileage May Vary

In other words, I think I'm not a plonker, you may disagree!

No certainly not, unless youre a politician then you are by default

[Blackflagged]

Top 4 biggest economys don`t seem to be on the sales tax list (Well Japan has 5%) so who are we following?

[davereid]

do not think that this ETS will save the world.

It won't save anything. Its only a few dollars per person, per week. It wont stop anyone using fossil fuels. And given that we apparently need to reduce or usage of fossil fuels AKA carbon by 10 - 3000% depending on who you believe, it a waste of time.

I sincerely believe that even with a $10 weekly rise in the price of electricity, the elderly and poor would still try and keep warm, and eat cooked food. They would still take the bus, or drive to work rather than walk.

To be really effective a carbon tax would have to stop this waste.

Id suggest $1 a kw/hr, and $10 a litre. The you would see some really serious carbon savings. At least from the elderly and poor.

[Quasievil]

It won't save anything. Its only a few dollars per person, per week. It wont stop anyone using fossil fuels. And given that we apparently need to reduce or usage of fossil fuels AKA carbon by 10 - 3000% depending on who you believe, it a waste of time.

I sincerely believe that even with a $10 weekly rise in the price of electricity, the elderly and poor would still try and keep warm, and eat cooked food. They would still take the bus, or drive to work rather than walk.

To be really effective a carbon tax would have to stop this waste.

Id suggest $1 a kw/hr, and $10 a litre. The you would see some really serious carbon savings. At least from the elderly and poor.

Really? I would suggest absolutely nothing until they can back up the B.S spin which has been rammed down our throats by the biggest con artists in history.

Since when has money fixed anything, let alone the environment ? besides the whole entire Carbon, ETS, global warming B.S is nothing to do with the environment and everything to do with money and you and me paying it.

Footnote, Im so tired of arguing this Im likely not to respond.