Why australians can not explain GST to me well?please just answer what I asked?
The Goods and Services Tax is an impost – an added income for the Government. Governments need income (money) to make sure they can provide services themselves, and to build infrastructure. Infrastructure means roads, schools, public buildings like courts and prisons, bus and railways stations and so forth. Your fridge costs a bit extra to buy because of the added 10% GST. The retailer who sold you the fridge has to collect the tax (yes – they act as tax collectors for the Govt) they keep it all and send it to the Tax Dept every three months or so. The Income Tax you pay is still money for the Government to do stuff with. One kind of Tax is not enough. There are several different kinds of Tax for different kinds of things. Most of the GST stays in your state, and parks and wildlife, research and development, land management, ocean management, all that is paid from it. It would be a mess without your money. Most people have to pay different kinds of Taxes and imposts. There are: Goods a
