Public sentiment is largely negative, reflecting skepticism about the GST reforms. Many commenters express concerns regarding rising living costs and view the GST as primarily advantageous for the government at the expense of ordinary citizens.

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Just remember: The agreement under Howard’s GST rules stated in order to get _all_ of your GST returned you had to get rid of the inefficient taxes.

The NSW Govt still hasn’t got rid of stamp duty so they can’t get all of their GST returned.

I remember this from years of bitching by NSW Govts. 

Get rid of stamp duty you cunts.

Sincerely,  
A New South Welshman.

Platophaedrus

[Commonwealth Grants Commission 2024-25 GST distribution by state.](https://www.cgc.gov.au/sites/default/files/2024-03/Occasional%20Paper%2011.2%20-%20GST%20distribution%20to%20states%20and%20territories%20in%202024-25%20final%20version.pdf)

Even with 75% the floor, WA is still receiving 11% less of the GST relativity than the second lowest state, NSW.

NSW is mentioned as requiring less share due to strong Coal royalties and property sales. They were reduced to 86% for 2024-25. Victoria was increased to 96.5%. 

WA was getting 40% before the floor - without poker machine revenue, or commensurate large scale commonwealth investment in infrastructure like defence or public transport. So it needed to increase, but having a set floor has made it politically unviable for any party to reduce it now.

Philopoemen81

The right solution is that mining royalties should be federal. They're mining minerals that belong to the nation, not to each state alone, and the benefit should go to the entire population instead of relying on tweaking GST splits to account for the disparity.

EdwardBlizzardhands

Can someone explain to me why the 25 cents of every dollar of GST raised in WA, which goes to the other states, is considered unfair to other states?


Surely WA is already subsidising another state or territory's GST income.

SadactR12

How is it a windfall, if we are only getting 0.75c for each dollar paid ? A windfall would be $1.25 for each dollar paid. It would be interesting to see whether WA get's the same amount of grants outside of GST revenue that others get. Also if WA get's less money, what does the WA government reduce expenditure on ? Health, Education, Policing, Housing ? All crying out for more money.

Street_Platform4575

The GST money raised from resource extraction in W.A doesn't come for free, there is a large burden that falls upon the people that live here, the floor in GST distribution exists to help mitigate that burden. 

From afar it seems that Victoria in particular relies on importing people into the state as some sort of economic growth strategy and that's about it, not really interested in doing anything else, NSW has a few more things going on, S.A and Tassie do what they do and QLD seems to grow by importing southerners pissed off with their own state governments

VarPadre

Do it at your own peril fuckers. You’ll keep Labor in opposition for another decade if you screw us over on this. Just because the state is red right now doesn’t mean we won’t punish you for reneging on the equalisation measure that stops us getting screwed over by the GST calculations.

ShadyBiz

Umm has anyone else completely lost interest in the ABC? How does a tax revenue cost the Commonwealth? Are they just pushing some agenda for somebody no matter what the cost?

rollemandrockem

All our problems are lack of tax revenue but we won't tax resources or energy properly

laz10

Just another reason to get rid of the states. It’s one fucking country.

EvenCartographer9754

I really hope the WA corruption is eliminated. It was just an election bribe by the Libs to the most small-minded, un-Australian bogan state in the country.

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As is typical whenever the GST is discussed here, some of you have required reading to do.

https://www.cgc.gov.au/publications/occasional-paper-12-gst-distribution-addressing-some-misconceptions

Rangerboy030

If we are to become a nation, we have to drop this obsession with resources within State boundaries being State resources and not national resources for everyone; drop all State taxes and charges for streamlined national taxes and drop State revenue and expenditure for national revenue and expenditure per capita. The current system is why we have such a complex distribution of revenue and expenditure between states and between states and Federal government. That doesn't mean we can't have branch offices in each state, but they would be branches of a national system providing a more local focus of interface than a distant capital city.

There should be a single national government distributed across the states and territories so that everyone gets treated the same. We are no longer subject to the tyranny of distance that has prevented this in the past and allowed the creation of kingdoms within one country.

InPrinciple63

More needs to go to Qld to pay for the Olympics

bundy554

Good. I understand WA's argument but I don't think it's really all that valid.

patslogcabindigest

So federal labor looking to make (much needed) changes to GST distribution under the guise of a Productivity Commission review.

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Hey, I’d suggest that you apply for a refund once enough ITC accumulates. The cost of applying for refunds is quite high, I don’t think it’d be feasible for you to apply for refunds frequently.

Also, I don’t think Tally can help with automating the refund process. It’s better if you approach a CA for this

ma5kedmenace

You cannot apply for a refund in this case as far as I am aware

CandidGuarantee5056

Inverted duty structure takes time and more documentation from the point of department as well. Hence, I would suggest you to speak to your CA if he or she can do or else go through a consultant. Refunds typically take a month or two if continuous followup is being done by the consultant.

Nearby_Mycologist_32

A great way for federal labor to crater their popularity in WA

Dismal-Success-4641

Jeez the east coast really does like to fucken whine about WA.

itsoktoswear

&gt; Western Australia's GST deal, expected to cost the Commonwealth $60 billion by 2029,

But it’s our money in the first place you are just giving more back. Cost is an interesting word.

Duideka

I hate how this is always framed with comments from the east coast complaining about getting 98c in the dollar back while saying we should get 18c.

It's ok that we are large net contributors but it should have a sensible limit

lotsmorecakeforme

Stop the GST grab. Dear Melbourne: if your pet projects don’t add up, stop eyeing off WA’s piggy bank.

Same deal with NDIS funding, why is it costing as much a defence?? No wonder we can't get food and housing inflation under control when we are spending like crazy.

JehovahZ

The GST deal is fair. WA is rich in resources and one factor of acquiring these resources is digging up land, which destroys the environment and the history of traditional land owners here (who do and should be paid). It's a funny thing when the most livable cities realize they have not much to offer and this their most innovative idea. Maybe politicians should take a paycut or start some philanthropic ventures to help struggling Aussies, or would that devalue their poperty investments.

Any-Refrigerator-966

Why don't they place a higher resource tax on gas, instead of giving all the tax we pay to other states. 

unmistakableregret

Victoria so bad with money they want to get 35 billion dollars off china, Victoria will bankrupt Australia at this rate.

Nuclearwormwood

We do get an obscenely good deal. 

Yes, it’s making up for a decade of being kicked around on GST, but while as Western Australians I’m all for it continues, as an Australian I realise it’s unsustainable.

Young_Lochinvar

Please note that the benefits will only be gained when purchasing raw materials directly. Restaurants, bakeries etc. that consume these raw materials are NOT going to pass on the benefits

jinxeddeep

We now stand at a point where a tax is a utsav!!!!

welcome_myson

Basically he's begging ki bhai shopping kar lo..

VarunDM90

Don't waste money guys, 2026-27 will be full of layoffs, sudden and arbitrary.

JuicyJayzb

arcx01123

Ab swadeshi ka khel khelenge ye kuch din, you can't change the truth ki BJP hi GST layi aur pehle ke tax system ko blame kr rhi he and abhi reforms dene ko UPHAAR bol rhe he, nicee

Chaiwala_69_

₹100 ki cheez ko pehle ₹140 ka banao aur fir discount 20% discount bolke ₹112 ko becho aur bolo ki dekho mera chamatkar.

TypicalPirate9509

First keep taxes high for years and then reduce them to gain praise.

sanyam303

Why you wasted so many years then? Cutting GST rates was a demand ever since the GST was implemented. Remember the cream bun controversy and now NS Pooh poohed it?

Secondly, 50% of GST belongs to states so the credit for GST cut goes to the states too.

mand00s

Government wants cash circulation, people are no longer spending as much, they are either saving money or spending on EMIs and basic survival needs.

Bleak_star_dust

20 minute logo ko chooran dene ki kala toh humare PM Teleprompter ke he paas hai.

lemmelearnlol

This is so absurd, this is a correction for which BJP should accept that they fucked up and leached off common man for years. Instead of apologizing it is showcased as a celebration. What optics, master of scam, Modi.

ud_11

Although this rationalisation is a good step in the right direction, I think we will rue the loss of a golden political opportunity for the greatest GST reform - allocating GST funds directly to urban local bodies (ULBs).

Currently, all the GST revenue is split between the Union and State governments. Local panchayats, towns and cities are at the mercy of State governments when it comes to receiving funds. State governments will never share power unless they absolutely need to.

According to Karthik Muralidharan, India spends about 3% of its money on the local level. When you compare that with China (as people like to do), they spend a mind bending 50% at the local level. 

I'm not an economist, but I can only hypothesize that the single greatest reason why the communities that we all will in are in such dire straits is the distressing mismanagement of funds. Yes, grift is a problem in our country but the underfunding of our UBLs/very weak state capacity + lack of political accountability is the driving reason why Indians pay high taxes and don't receive the public goods and services they're entitled to (i.e. poor health care, poor education services, water logging when it rains, poor roads, trash everywhere)

FailingIdiot

Just like notebandi, he wants to take credit before the (lack of) effects are felt. Only consequences are going to be Higher profit margins of the corporations. 

charavaka

&gt;What gets cheaper from tomorrow?

&gt;Food items (12% to 5%): Fruit juices, butter, cheese, condensed milk, pasta, packaged coconut water, soya milk drinks, nuts, dates, sausages

&gt;Medical items (12% to 5%): Medical-grade oxygen, gauze, bandages, diagnostic kits

&gt;Zero GST rate: Ultra-high temperature milk, chhena/paneer, pizza bread, khakra, plain chapati/roti, erasers

&gt;Household goods (12% or 18% to 5%): Hair oil, soap bars, shampoos, toothbrushes, toothpaste, bicycles, tableware, kitchenware, other common-use household articles

godblessthegays

What will this guy think on the day he dies? A term as big as Nehrus and the opportunity to lift a billion + people from poverty and what did he end up doing?

At this stage, Indian politics is just a shit show! No real progress being made - growing at 6% (subpar or derogatirily called as the Hindu growth rate ⇒ 4-6%) for over 2 decades when China grew at 10%+ for 2-3 decades, the UAE did for 2 decades, etc. The worst part is a common man's global purchasing power is eroding because ₹ looses \~5-6% every year amidst a growth of 6% (basically a dollar growth of 0%, which is the market beta). 

The worst part is, in India 1.5%-2% of population pays 57% of TOTAL tax collections - source: [https://indianexpress.com/article/business/direct-taxes-revenue-surges-56-72-fy24-highest-14-years-9625458/](https://indianexpress.com/article/business/direct-taxes-revenue-surges-56-72-fy24-highest-14-years-9625458/) 

Pls change these draconian taxes or provide some real time incentive/show growth for this handful of ppl to bear the load of the rest of the 99% of the nation who live as if they live in Dubai ⇒ 0% direct taxes. 

Pls focus on making India livable - reducing corruption, potholed roads, creating better cities which are not choked, garbage infested, high AQI cancerous air, enhancing governance (making education/health a right) etc. Pls remove crony capitalism (Adanis/Ambanis etc.) and encourage grassroots innovation. Pls invest in education and not revadis (ladli behnas, ladki bahins and what not). Pls focus on growing the economy and creating a long term happiness. 

Alas, the above list is just wishful. The truth of the matter being, in 1947 our reins changed from white-skinned ruler to brown-skinned ones and the exploitation continued!

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goodboi87

Find your own tail since 2014 same story over again

Such-Emu-1455

So bunch of yapping! Why do people even tune in to listen to frauds?

sian58

Gst tumne lagaya phir gays utsav kya chutiyapa hai

peze000

friends apni high paying H1B job bhull jao ko bhul jao. ye gst km k maza lo taaki corporate overlords or ameer ho ske. and apne employees ko ai se replace kr ske

Lullan_senpai

Vishwalodu's obsession with being in the news never ends.

find_a_rare_uuid

Wah Modi ji Wah...

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waryinsomnious

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FelixPlatypus

Why need a reform when the OG GST was supposed to be a reform

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tb33296

Influencer jab PM ho to san kutch YouTube he lagega.... Sare sarkaar bus apps per he chal rahe hei

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Traditional_Deer8821

atma nirbhar failed because the quality was shit compared to imported products. Make good products then people will buy them regardless of them being slightly expensive.

Ashamed-One-Not

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