No sales tax for radio equipment
Base r-.dio communications i equipment run by ambulance stations and fire stations has! been exempted from sales t tax. This was decided by the Minister of Customs (Mr I Wilkinson) after he received! representation*, from the; Rangiora sub-centre of the Tll John Ambulance Association, I The sub-centre wrote to its' local member of Parliament! (Mr D. F. Quigley). drawing, his attention to the' "anomai'” in the Sales Tax: Reeulations, 1974. The sub-centre had pur-j chased a base radio tele-[ phone, and had then applied to the Christchurch office of the Customs Department for; a refund of sales tax.
The application was! declined, because the radio , : was not in a vehicle. A re- [ i fund was only available on I ' vehicles, radio telephones, [and other equipment and I parts for vehicles, the department said. Mr Quigley made inquiries :and found that all goods were [subject to sales tax unless i covered by a specific item in ; the Sales Tax Exemption i (Order. 1974. I The sub-centre made addi-|' I tiona! representations to the i Minister of Customs, and itl' ; was decided that radio com- ' ! munication equipment for,, use in ambulance or fire ser- ‘, vice base stations would be' 1 (exempted from sales tax, on. • individual application. 1
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Press, 30 December 1976, Page 4
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