GST issues registers

Financial services - questions and answers

This issues register, originally published on our main website, provides guidance on issues identified during past consultation with industry participants.

Issues in this register that are a public ruling can now be found in the Public Rulings section of this Legal Database.

Issues in this register that have not been labelled as public rulings, constitute written guidance. We are committed to providing you with accurate, consistent and clear information to help you understand your rights and entitlements and meet your obligations.

If you follow our information on these issues and it turns out to be incorrect, or it is misleading and you make a mistake as a result, we must still apply the law correctly. If that means you owe us money, we must ask you to pay it but we will not charge you a penalty. Also, if you acted reasonably and in good faith we will not charge you interest. If correcting the mistake means we owe you money, we will pay it to you. We will also pay you any interest you are entitled to.

If you feel that the guidance in this issues register does not fully cover your circumstances, or you are unsure how it applies to you, you can seek further assistance from us.

Find out about:

Introduction
Hire purchase agreements and chattel mortgage
Loans
Bank accounts
Securities transactions
Foreign currency, foreign exchange rates and travellers' cheques
Super funds
Financial acquisitions threshold
Debt factoring
Leases
Foreign banks
Money transfer service
Share management fishery
Investor directed portfolio services
Hire purchase arrangements and apportionment methodology
Credit card surcharge

Introduction

See also:

GST financial supply provisions

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