A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999
84‑81 Who makes an offshore supply of lo84‑81 Who makes an offshore supply of low value goods
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84‑81 Who makes an offshore supply of low value goods
(1) This section does not apply to a supply to the extent it is *connected with the indirect tax zone because of a provision of this Act other than this Subdivision. (2) This section applies in relation to an *offshore supply of low value goods, regardless of whether the *recipient of the supply is a *consumer.
Note: If the recipient is not a consumer, the entity treated as a supplier by this section must still ensure information is included in customs documents: see section 84‑91.
Operator of electronic distribution platform—extension of section 84‑55 (3) Section 84‑55 applies to a supply as if it were an *inbound intangible consumer supply if: (a) the supply is made through an *electronic distribution platform; and (b) the supply is an *offshore supply of low value goods.
Note: Section 84‑55 treats the operator of an electronic distribution platform as the supplier of supplies made through the platform.
Redeliverer (4) If a supply of goods is an *offshore supply of low value goods solely because of subsection 84‑77(3), the *redeliverer is taken, for the purposes of this Act: (a) as being the supplier of, and as making, the supply; and (b) as having made the supply for the *consideration for which it was made; and (c) as having made the supply in the course or furtherance of an *enterprise that the redeliverer *carries on. (5) Despite subsection (4), if there is more than one *redeliverer in relation to the supply, that subsection only applies to the redeliverer who is: (a) the first of the redeliverers to enter into an arrangement, with the *recipient, relating to the supply; or (b) if paragraph (a) does not apply—the first of the redeliverers to enter into an arrangement, with an *associate of the recipient, relating to the supply; or (c) if paragraphs (a) and (b) do not apply—the first of the redeliverers to enter into an arrangement, of a kind referred to in subsection 84‑77(4), relating to the supply; or (d) if paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) do not apply—the redeliverer determined in accordance with an instrument made under subsection (6). (6) The Commissioner may, by legislative instrument, make a determination specifying how a *redeliverer of *offshore supplies of low value goods is to be determined for the purposes of paragraph (5)(d). (7) Division 57 (resident agents acting for non‑residents) does not apply in relation to a supply to which subsection (4) applies.