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Les_F Jul 4, 2017 @ 11:39pm
Why am I paying VAT ? I live in Australia
Why am I being charged 10% VAT Tax when I live in Australia ?
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HypersleepyNaputunia Jul 4, 2017 @ 11:51pm 
the english queen needs a new rolls
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Vuitton Vampire Jul 4, 2017 @ 11:52pm 
Dont you guys have GST which is basically the same thing?
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☆Kay☆ Jul 4, 2017 @ 11:56pm 
We are getting taxed extra, plus we are also getting our own currency on steam.. Meaning even more money.

EB games's $100+ for a new game on steam, can't wait ._.
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SpaceyMatt Jul 5, 2017 @ 12:18am 
I used to game a lot with an Aussie, and yeah, you guys get screwed big time.
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Good Hunter Jul 5, 2017 @ 12:38am 
Government's valiant efforts to damage Australia's gaming market
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chiefputsilao✖️ping Jul 5, 2017 @ 12:58am 
shortage of heroes: you get VATman in Australia because the Aussie Wolverine is retiring.
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Les_F Jul 5, 2017 @ 1:37am 
No constructive response - thanks for nothing
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Brujeira Jul 5, 2017 @ 2:14am 
It was only announced 4 1/2 months ago - maybe you should stay more up to speed on this stuff.

https://www.kotaku.com.au/2017/02/steam-games-are-getting-10-more-expensive-in-australia/
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w73i0 Jul 5, 2017 @ 2:29am 
Taxes are theft! Government is mafia!
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☆Kay☆ Jul 5, 2017 @ 2:29am 
Originally posted by TAW | Welperooni:
Taxes are theft! Government is mafia!
How ironic.
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baconborn Jul 5, 2017 @ 2:32am 
If something moves, tax it until it stops moving.
Last edited by baconborn; Jul 5, 2017 @ 2:32am
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Teasel Jul 5, 2017 @ 4:06am 
Originally posted by baconborn:
If something moves, tax it until it stops moving.

And if taxing fails, bomb it.
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Names Matter Not Jul 5, 2017 @ 4:07am 
Originally posted by subterranean:
Originally posted by baconborn:
If something moves, tax it until it stops moving.

And if taxing fails, bomb it.
And if bombing fails, nuke it from orbit.
Well, technically a nuke is a bomb but I wanted to say it.
Last edited by Names Matter Not; Jul 5, 2017 @ 4:08am
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Captain Morgan Jul 5, 2017 @ 4:30am 
Originally posted by Les_F:
Why am I being charged 10% VAT Tax when I live in Australia ?

Because you don't have two things:

1. Steam friends that live in Russia.
2. Program to hide your real location.

Lots of Steam people get a friend from Russia (or Brazil) to buy codes for games that are very cheap there (and pay them back somehow, mostly with paypal or other means), then they get and activate the code in their system, while hiding their locale and deceiving their system to appear as if operating from the locale of their choosing!

Not all people willingly submit to the highway-robbery level of greed, that game publishers plague us all with! Since there is not an equal, fair pricing system, lots of people do just that!
Last edited by Captain Morgan; Jul 5, 2017 @ 4:31am
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