Background and General Economic Impact of a Goods and Services Tax ('GST') on the Real Estate Industry

As part of fundamental tax reform in Australia, a Goods and Services Tax ('GST') was passed into law in July 1999, to take effect from 1 July 2000. The changes introduced as part of these reforms will impact significantly on Australia's building and construction industry, not just in...

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Main Author: Pinto, Dale
Format: Journal Article
Published: School of Business Law, Curtin University of Technology 2000
Online Access:http://www.cbs.curtin.edu.au/journals/alrg/index.htm
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8703
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description As part of fundamental tax reform in Australia, a Goods and Services Tax ('GST') was passed into law in July 1999, to take effect from 1 July 2000. The changes introduced as part of these reforms will impact significantly on Australia's building and construction industry, not just in the day-to-day affairs of running a real estate business but on the building industry and economy as a whole. The first part of this article will examine the background to the introduction of the GST, including an explanation of how the GST system works. It will then discuss the economic impact of a GST on the real estate industry. Finally, the article will highlight and explain the main provisions of the GST rules as they apply to various real estate transactions. The transitional rules relating to the GST as it applies to the real estate industry are not discussed in detail in this article.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-87032017-01-30T11:08:16Z Background and General Economic Impact of a Goods and Services Tax ('GST') on the Real Estate Industry Pinto, Dale As part of fundamental tax reform in Australia, a Goods and Services Tax ('GST') was passed into law in July 1999, to take effect from 1 July 2000. The changes introduced as part of these reforms will impact significantly on Australia's building and construction industry, not just in the day-to-day affairs of running a real estate business but on the building industry and economy as a whole. The first part of this article will examine the background to the introduction of the GST, including an explanation of how the GST system works. It will then discuss the economic impact of a GST on the real estate industry. Finally, the article will highlight and explain the main provisions of the GST rules as they apply to various real estate transactions. The transitional rules relating to the GST as it applies to the real estate industry are not discussed in detail in this article. 2000 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8703 http://www.cbs.curtin.edu.au/journals/alrg/index.htm School of Business Law, Curtin University of Technology fulltext
spellingShingle Pinto, Dale
Background and General Economic Impact of a Goods and Services Tax ('GST') on the Real Estate Industry
title Background and General Economic Impact of a Goods and Services Tax ('GST') on the Real Estate Industry
title_full Background and General Economic Impact of a Goods and Services Tax ('GST') on the Real Estate Industry
title_fullStr Background and General Economic Impact of a Goods and Services Tax ('GST') on the Real Estate Industry
title_full_unstemmed Background and General Economic Impact of a Goods and Services Tax ('GST') on the Real Estate Industry
title_short Background and General Economic Impact of a Goods and Services Tax ('GST') on the Real Estate Industry
title_sort background and general economic impact of a goods and services tax ('gst') on the real estate industry
url http://www.cbs.curtin.edu.au/journals/alrg/index.htm
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8703