Derick Wuen wrote:
Purchasing strategy........ Buy now or wait for GST????????I copied this from the last Austrains newsletter, (which is on the Austrains site) AUSTRAINS PRICING and the GST: When Austrains sells a product we have to take into account the very high cost of tooling which we have to recover over a very short production run. The tooling is actually a much higher percentage of the total product cost than the manufacturing part. At present we pay sales tax at the time of importation and the tooling cost per unit is taken into account when calculating the figure on which sales tax is paid on a formula set down by Customs. GST however is charged as a percentage of the final selling price and is far in excess of the amount of sales tax we currently pay. We are not in a position to absorb this price rise so the price of most Austrains products are being adjusted to compensate for the higher tax component. Diesel locos will be most effected. Prices of Coaches and NODY wagons are being held at pre GST prices and The impact on the price of the S truck is being assessed and will be advised in the next newsletter which will be posted late June.
DPC James McInerney STOP! In The Name Of The Lore! At http://www.cia.com.au/bullack/ , "Lambing Flat's" mainpage for the
HO model and NSWGR information.
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