Sentence examples for gst from inspiring English sources

She said the IMF supported increasing or broadening the GST rate as long as the poor were compensated.

The treasurer, Joe Hockey, was asked on Tuesday whether the cuts in federal payments to the states meant those governments would have to agree to increase the GST.

"We are not going to be forced into arguing for anything," Baird said when asked whether he had any option but to back a higher GST, adding he had no warning of the massive federal funding cuts.

The government suggests revenue in 2014-15 will be $2.363bn more than was expected in the Myefo due to improvements in company tax revenue and in GST revenue from better than expected household spending.

The cuts to the states for education and health inevitably will increase calls to increase the GST.

Now I have long been in favour of broadening the GST.

On December 19th the government tabled a bill to establish a long-awaited national goods-and-services tax (GST) in place of a welter of state levies.

He still hopes to introduce a nationwide goods and services tax (GST) by April 2010.

With a broad tax base the GST rate could be as low as 12% 5% for the centre and 7% for the states.

It accepted not only NAFTA, but also the Mulroney government's much-loathed 7% goods and services tax (GST).

A sin-tax surcharge to the main GST rate would apply to petrol, tobacco and alcohol.