Newstartnz?
Aug 23rd 2002, 1:28 pm
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Newstartnz?
Hullo again,
A while ago we were talking about GST as follows:-
'Bad news, only immigrants and New Zealanders who have nbeen outside NZ for more than 21 months are given the tax-free concession on goods brought into NZ.
However, if you came to NZ with the intention of shortly gaining PR, you can pay a bond to customs instead of immediately paying the tax, and when you get PR you can claim back your bond.'
Can you tell me a bit more about the "shortly" bit?? I assume there must be a timescale ont his but do you know how long? There's probably a phrase or name for this type of bond but I can't find anything on the Customs site - do you know what it's called???
Thanks (oh knowledgable one!)
pat.
A while ago we were talking about GST as follows:-
'Bad news, only immigrants and New Zealanders who have nbeen outside NZ for more than 21 months are given the tax-free concession on goods brought into NZ.
However, if you came to NZ with the intention of shortly gaining PR, you can pay a bond to customs instead of immediately paying the tax, and when you get PR you can claim back your bond.'
Can you tell me a bit more about the "shortly" bit?? I assume there must be a timescale ont his but do you know how long? There's probably a phrase or name for this type of bond but I can't find anything on the Customs site - do you know what it's called???
Thanks (oh knowledgable one!)
pat.
