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**Basilios II Voulgaroktonos** · 10-20-2006, 11:15

how can i find how much is 99 New Zeelands dollars in euros or US dollar?i saw in the site where you can take the collector's that they can send it in the 17th of November but thats a pity because in europe the release is on the 10th...

**screwtype** · 10-20-2006, 13:50

AU$99.95 = US$76

The AU price includes a 10% GST so if you remove that, the US price equivalent would be $68.40.

You can convert to different currencies here.

**Basilios II Voulgaroktonos** · 10-20-2006, 13:59

what is the gst and why there is a extra 10% in the price?

**Motep** · 10-20-2006, 14:10

okay...time to start saving!

**screwtype** · 10-21-2006, 19:25

Originally Posted by Basilios II Voulgaroktonos

what is the gst and why there is a extra 10% in the price?

GST = Goods and Services Tax.

The GST is a 10% flat tax on practically everything you buy in Australia, except raw foodstuffs.

**Basilios II Voulgaroktonos** · 10-21-2006, 19:32

Yes but i have pre-ordered from gameplanet in australia but the delivery is in europe so i am being charged the gst or not?

**screwtype** · 10-22-2006, 09:41

Originally Posted by Basilios II Voulgaroktonos

Yes but i have pre-ordered from gameplanet in australia but the delivery is in europe so i am being charged the gst or not?

I don't know, but my guess is probably not. GST type taxes usually only apply to in-country orders, not international ones, in order to encourage exports. I do know, for example, that when I order something from Britain to ship here, I don't have to pay their rotten VAT (thank goodness).

**maestro** · 10-22-2006, 13:32

As a rule of thumb, sales tax of any kind doesn't apply when you eport something, but it's not as simple as all that. Firstly, you need to find a company that has the facilities to export and deduct tax from the amount you pay and then, by law, you're supposed to declare your purchase to the inland revenue (or whoever) and pay your local sales tax (in my case, VAT) when you receive the goods.

Sucks, doesn't it. Although I do think that there's a lower limit, below which you are tax exempt on personal imports

**ProudNerd** · 10-21-2006, 19:38

Originally Posted by screwtype

GST = Goods and Services Tax.

The GST is a 10% flat tax on practically everything you buy in Australia, except raw foodstuffs.

AKA government sponsored theft, getting suckers to pay more, games and software tax and generally stupid tax..

**Encaitar** · 10-22-2006, 03:06

Yeah we pay more for games in Australia than ppl do in the US (after converting currency). There's a fair bit of taxes associated with software here (in addition to the across-the-board GST), which is quite annoying.

**Polemists** · 10-22-2006, 04:24

Yes but good news is you get a glass stein :P

So for this preorder i am envious lol.

Man this is like the longest 20 days ever :P

**Dave1984** · 10-22-2006, 14:30

Originally Posted by ProudNerd

AKA government sponsored theft, getting suckers to pay more, games and software tax and generally stupid tax..

It would be heavenly over here to only have to pay a 10% sales tax, you shouldn't complain too much because we have to pay a ridiculous 17.5% on everything.

**Maizel** · 10-22-2006, 15:30

19% here

Over most stuff that is

**screwtype** · 10-22-2006, 17:34

Originally Posted by D Wilson

It would be heavenly over here to only have to pay a 10% sales tax, you shouldn't complain too much because we have to pay a ridiculous 17.5% on everything.

Yeah, but as someone else has pointed out, in Australia the GST is not necessarily the only sales tax you pay on an item. Apparently they retained a lot of the former sales taxes when they brought the GST in. In fact now you hear people complain because they find themselves paying "a tax on a tax" for some items.

**Filipe24** · 10-30-2006, 00:39

Originally Posted by D Wilson

It would be heavenly over here to only have to pay a 10% sales tax, you shouldn't complain too much because we have to pay a ridiculous 17.5% on everything.

Well in Portugal its 21%. I should be the one thats complaining lolol

**ProudNerd** · 10-29-2006, 04:41

Originally Posted by Basilios II Voulgaroktonos

how can i find how much is 99 New Zeelands dollars in euros or US dollar?i saw in the site where you can take the collector's that they can send it in the 17th of November but thats a pity because in europe the release is on the 10th...

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