Australian Sales Tax
Sales tax on materials required for a £l2OO home, including a hot-water service, amounts to £3O, if built according to the Housing Commission’s standards. The fittings are of low quality, therefore on a more expensive house the sales tax would be much higher. The tax, varying from 121 to 25 per cent, adds to the cost so much that the Building Industry Congress of Victoria has written to the Prime Minister (Mr Chifley) asking for its removal, claiming that the Government promised some time ago to afford relief by removal of the tax on heavy materials, such as bricks, timber, and cement. However, many fittings carry a tax of 121 per cent, and those for lighting- and heating \25 per cent. The president of the Congress has pointed out to the Prime Minister that the sales tax' becomes portion of the capital charge and adds to the burden of homebuilding. Much of the limited building programme has been carried out by Government authorities for rental, and materials purchased are free of sales tax, thereby placing the private building contractor at a disadvantage.
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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 71, Issue 6144, 3 October 1945, Page 7
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185Australian Sales Tax Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 71, Issue 6144, 3 October 1945, Page 7
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