"Goods and Services Tax (GST) is a value added tax introduced in New Zealand on October 1, 1986 at 10%, and later increased to 12.5% on July 1, 1989, and is to be increased to 15% on October 1, 2010."
Kind regards, Keri Henare --------------------------------------------------- [e] [email protected] [w] kerihenare.com [m] (+64) 021 874 552 PLEASE NOTE: I check my email 3 times per day and will respond at these intervals. For anything urgent please ring me. --------------------------------------------------- On 20/05/2010, at 4:33 PM, Bruce Clement wrote: > On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 3:50 PM, Stephen Smith <[email protected]> > wrote: >> True, but what about for historical records? I'm sure it's bound to cause >> some grief for some people if they weren't expecting this (which I doubt >> most people were) > > Don't forget future dated transactions. > > If you accept an order today for work that crosses the change date > (e.g. a contracting job) when do you have to start charging the new > amount? > > I was contracting in 1985 when GST came in initially. It was > pre-announced well before the details were made public and I had it > written into my contract before either party knew the details of when > or how much. > -- > Bruce Clement > > Home: http://www.clement.co.nz/ > Twitter: http://twitter.com/Bruce_Clement > Google Buzz: http://www.google.com/profiles/aotearoanz > > "Before attempting to create something new, it is vital to have a good > appreciation of everything that already exists in this field." Mikhail > Kalashnikov > > -- > NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug > To post, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to > [email protected] -- NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected]
