Thread: Touch I love the Touch, not sure about Kobo..
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Old 01-13-2012, 11:16 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by touring View Post
2. I have purchased a book from Kobobooks which I understand is a Canadian company, but was charged GST. It didn't say whether it was Oz or Canadian GST, but for the life of me I don't understand why I should pay it. If I shop in China or elsewhere I don't pay local taxes. Does anyone have an explanation?
Yup, you got slugged with the GST.

The Kobo book store recognises that your profile is from Australia, and charges in AUD and the GST.

However, since the price of the books are nice even numbers (12.99), it may be that they are 'eating' the GST.

There is currently a Kobo registered in Austalia to collect GST, registered from 1 Jan 2011, with an ABN of 18 613 082 912. This company appears to be a non-Australian based company.
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