Re: [SL] Gift Vouchers

[Ashley J G. <agi...@pu...>]

On Mon, 23 Apr 2007, Paul Tammes wrote:
> So I see no reason for charging VAT. That would be just as foolish as
> charging VAT when I change my tenner in loose change for the vending
> machine. The VAT transaction is the vending machine, and there the sale
> is VAT included.

I think you'll find that reason has no part to play in applying tax rulings, 
and nobody wins an argument with the tax-man :-) But your argument is sound 
and basically explains why the ruling is as it is (furthermore in Oz 
financial services are (generally speaking) not taxed with the GST, and one 
could argue that a voucher is a financial service since it is really an offer 
of credit).

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	Ashley J Gittins
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