Stop the Harvey Norman GST tax extortion

Harvey Norman and a number of other retailers are attempting to lobby the Australian government to place a GST upon online transactions. We encourage you to boycott Harvey Norman stores in Australia and New Zealand. Taxation is not the answer and we will explain why in this blog.

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Retailers penalised by government

There is another reason that retailers get a bad deal. The rents are high in Australia because the govt keeps property prices high by constraining the supply of property. We are one of the least densely populated countries in the world, yet councils/state govts with no income taxing powers extort wealth through restricting the subdivision of land. Apparently Australian rental rates are 2nd to New York. This of course is reason enough not to have a retail presence in Australia, or at least to make online sales the basis of your business.
This is not to suggest that the government should widen the GST tax, but rather that they ought to stop taxation and remove silly regulations, i.e. Greater accountability. The implication is that all retailers are penalised by the state.

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