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Application to defer GST on imported goods

 
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Use this form to apply for the Deferred GST Scheme electronically. Once the form is submitted, a confirmation screen will be displayed.

Check the content carefully to ensure it is applicable to your circumstances.

You can only complete and submit this form online - do not print this form or mail it to us.

Only use this application if all of the following apply to you:
 
  • You have an Australian business number (ABN).
  • You are registered for GST.
  • You will be lodging your monthly activity statements online every month.
  • You do not have any outstanding debts or returns.

For information about:
 
  • changing your activity statement lodgement cycle to monthly, phone us on 1300 130 915.
  • completing the form, go to form help or phone us on 1300 130 915.
  • the Deferred GST Scheme, go to the information page or phone us on the number above.

Applicant Information

1. Do you operate your business as

a sole trader

a company partnership or trust

2. If you are a sole trader, are you an undischarged bankrupt?

Yes

No

3. If you are not a sole trader, are you externally administered by a body corporate?

Yes

No

4. What is your legal name?

Individual applicants

Title:
(Mr, Mrs, Ms, Miss or other - please specify)
Family Name
First given name
Other given name
 
Company or other organisation applicants
Legal Name:

5. What is your main trading name?

6. What is your Australian business number?(compulsory field)

7. What is your GST branch registration number?
GST branch registration may be allowed if you operate your business through a divisional or branch structure and your normal accounting practice is on a divisional or branch basis. If you do not have a GST branch registration number, leave blank

8. What is your GST joint venture registration number?
(if you do not have have a GST joint venture registration number leave blank)

9. Are you registered for GST?

Yes

No

10. Do you lodge or intend to lodge your activity statements monthly?

Yes

No

11. Do you make your activity statement payments electronically?

Yes

No

12. Do you enter goods for home consumption electronically, in accordance with the Customs Act 1901?

Yes

No

13. If you are a member of a GST group (but not the representative member), is the representative member of the group approved to defer GST on imported goods?

Yes

No

14. Do you, or any businesses related to you, have an outstanding tax debt or a return outstanding under taxation law?

Yes

No

15. In the last 3 years, have you or any other people relevant to this application been convicted or penalised by a court, whether in Australia or in another country, for offences relating to any of the following? (this is a compulsory field)

  • taxation requirements
  • customs requirements
  • the misdescription of goods
  • trade practices
  • fair trading
  • defrauding a government.

Yes

No

Contact information

16. Contact name:
17. Phone number:
18. Email:

After completing your application, submit it using the 'submit' button below.

  

Last Modified: Monday, 23 February 2009
 
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