Hi Robbie, I asked my accountant this a few months back. Basically, if you're customers are in australia, you charge them GST. Otherwise it is a GST free export. You decide whether they are in aus based on the address supplied during checkout to match against their credit card details.
— Ivan On 19/01/2012, at 8:02 PM, Robbie Shepherd wrote: > Hi, > > Wondering how other folks handle GST collection for SAAS-based products. Both > the client/site owner and payment gateway are Australia-based, and so are the > majority of their clients going to be, though the site is open to global > customers as well. > > I would assume that if you provide a "check this box if you're an Australian" > check box to pay more than other people, it's not going to get checked much > and the client will be stung with paying the GST component regardless? > > Cheers, > Robbie > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en.
