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Businesses face being slugged with package tax

Australian businesses and consumers alike could soon be slugged for receiving goods shipped from overseas, with the Prime Minister keeping mum on the leaked proposal.

Businesses face being slugged with package tax
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Businesses face being slugged with package tax

Fairfax Media has reported that it obtained documents from the Department of Home Affairs proposing a tax on packages coming to Australia from overseas, with the aim of recouping the cost of customs and security in scanning packages for illicit goods.

Read the full article on My Business.

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