@Pearl Jam If the iPad is considered a computer, there is no duty. Computers are duty free in all WTO countries importing from other WTO countries. There is a 10% sales tax that is included in the Australian price (unlike in the USA and Canada, where the state/provincial and municipal/county sales taxes are added after).
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What a iFlapping rip-off!
But for those who purchase, enjoy!
@Pearl Jam for those suckers, yeah!
@htd
I'm Aussie, and the import tax on electronic goods smashes us.
@Pearl Jam
pllaaayyy asiaaaaaa
@Pearl Jam
The import duty tax?
Well when you look at what they are paying in Euro or Pound then Aussies are getting the better deal currency wise...
@Pearl Jam If the iPad is considered a computer, there is no duty. Computers are duty free in all WTO countries importing from other WTO countries. There is a 10% sales tax that is included in the Australian price (unlike in the USA and Canada, where the state/provincial and municipal/county sales taxes are added after).