GST Public Rulings

Draft rulings

GSTR 2026/D1 – Goods and services tax: determining if you are making cross-border supplies to an Australian consumer

GSTR 2026/D2 – Goods and services tax: recipient created tax invoices

2025

GSTR 2025/1 – Goods and services tax: supplies of things (other than goods or real property) made to non-residents but provided to another entity in Australia

GSTR 2025/2 – Goods and services tax: supplies of things (other than goods or real property) where effective use or enjoyment of the supply takes place outside Australia

2016-2020

GSTR 2020/1 – Goods and service tax: determining the creditable purpose of acquisitions in relation to transaction accounts

GSTR 2019/1 – Goods and services tax: supply of anything other than goods or real property connected with the indirect tax zone (Australia)

GSTR 2019/2 – Goods and services tax: determining the creditable purpose of acquisitions in a credit card issuing business

GSTR 2018/1 – Goods and services tax: supplies of real property connected with the indirect tax zone (Australia)

GSTR 2018/2 – Goods and services tax: supplies of goods connected with the indirect tax zone (Australia)

GSTR 2017/1 – Goods and services tax: making cross-border supplies to Australian consumers

2011-2015

GSTR 2015/1 – Goods and services tax: the meaning of the terms ‘passed on’ and ‘reimburse’ for the purposes of Division 142 of the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999

GSTR 2015/2 – Goods and services tax: development lease arrangements with government agencies

GSTR 2014/1 – Goods and services tax: motor vehicle incentive payments

GSTR 2014/2 – Goods and services tax: treatment of ATM service fees, credit card surcharges and debit card surcharges

GSTR 2013/1 – Goods and services tax: tax invoices

GSTR 2013/2 – Goods and services tax: adjustment notes

GSTR 2012/1 – Goods and services tax: loyalty programs

GSTR 2012/2 – Goods and services tax: financial assistance payments

GSTR 2012/3 – Goods and services tax: GST treatment of care services and accommodation in retirement villages and privately funded nursing homes and hostels

GSTR 2012/4 – Goods and services tax: GST treatment of fees and charges payable on exit by residents of a retirement village operated on a leasehold or licence basis

GSTR 2012/5 – Goods and services tax: residential premises

GSTR 2012/6 – Goods and services tax: commercial residential premises

GSTR 2012/7 – Goods and services tax: long-term accommodation in commercial residential premises

GSTR 2011/1 – Goods and services tax: development, lease and disposal of a retirement village tenanted under a ‘loan-lease’ arrangement

2007-2010

GSTR 2010/1 – Goods and services tax: application of Division 165 of A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 where a land owner engages the services of an associate to arrange construction of residential premises for lease under an arrangement described in Taxpayer Alert TA 2009/5

GSTR 2009/1 – Goods and services tax: general law partnerships and the margin scheme

GSTR 2009/2 – Goods and services tax: partitioning of land

GSTR 2009/3 – Goods and services tax: cancellation fees

2009/4 – Goods and services tax: new residential premises and adjustments for changes in extent of creditable purpose

GSTR 2008/1 – Goods and services tax: when do you acquire anything or import goods solely or partly for a creditable purpose?

GSTR 2008/3 – Goods and services tax: dealings in real property by bare trusts

GSTR 2007/1 – Goods and services tax: when retirement village premises include communal facilities for use by the residents of the premises

2006

GSTR 2006/1 – Goods and services tax: guarantees and indemnities

GSTR 2006/2 – Goods and services tax: deposits held as security for the performance of an obligation

GSTR 2006/3 – Goods and services tax: determining the extent of creditable purpose for providers of financial supplies

GSTR 2006/4 – Goods and services tax: determining the extent of creditable purpose for claiming input tax credits and for making adjustments for changes in extent of creditable purpose

GSTR 2006/5 – Goods and services tax: meaning of ‘Commonwealth, a State or a Territory’

GSTR 2006/6 – Goods and services tax: improvements on the land for the purposes of Subdivision 38-N and Division 75

GSTR 2006/7 – Goods and services tax: how the margin scheme applies to a supply of real property made on or after 1 December 2005 that was acquired or held before 1 July 2000

GSTR 2006/8 – Goods and services tax: the margin scheme for supplies of real property acquired on or after 1 July 2000

GSTR 2006/9 – Goods and services tax: supplies

GSTR 2006/10 – Goods and services tax: insurance settlements and entitlement to input tax credits

2005

GSTR 2005/1 – Goods and services tax: the GST implications of the purchase of fuel using a fuel card

GSTR 2005/2 – Goods and services tax: supplies of goods and services in the repair, renovation, modification or treatment of goods from outside Australia whose destination is outside Australia

GSTR 2005/3 – Goods and services tax: arrangements of the kind described in Taxpayer Alert TA 2004/9 – exploitation of the second-hand goods provisions to obtain input tax credits

2004

GSTR 2004/1 – Goods and services tax: reduced credit acquisitions

GSTR 2004/2 – Goods and services tax: What is a joint venture for GST purposes?

GSTR 2004/3 – Goods and services tax: arrangements of the kind described in Taxpayer Alert TA 2004/2: Avoidance of GST on the sale of new residential premises

GSTR 2004/4 – Goods and services tax: assignment of payment streams including under a typical securitisation arrangement

GSTR 2004/6 – Goods and services tax: tax law partnerships and co-owners of property

GSTR 2004/7 – Goods and services tax: in the application of items 2 and 3 and paragraph (b) of item 4 in the table in subsection 38-190(1) of the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 – when is a ‘non-resident’ or other ‘recipient’ of a supply ‘not in Australia when the thing supplied is done’? – when is ‘an entity that is not an Australian resident’ ‘outside Australia when the thing supplied is done’?

GSTR 2004/8 – Goods and services tax: when does an entity have a decreasing adjustment under Division 132?

GSTR 2004/9 – Goods and services tax: GST consequences of the assumption of vendor liabilities by the purchaser of an enterprise

2003

GSTR 2003/1 – Goods and services tax: supplies that are GST-free as professional or trade courses.

GSTR 2003/3 – Goods and services tax: when is a sale of real property a sale of new residential premises?

GSTR 2003/4 – Goods and services tax: stores and spare parts for international flights and voyages

GSTR 2003/5 – Goods and Services Tax: Vouchers

GSTR 2003/6 – Goods and services tax: transfers of enterprise assets as a result of property distributions under the Family Law Act 1975 or in similar circumstances

GSTR 2003/7 – Goods and Services Tax: what do the expressions ‘directly connected with goods or real property’ and ‘a supply of work physically performed on goods’ mean for the purposes of subsection 38-190(1) of the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 ?

GSTR 2003/8 – Goods and services tax: supply of rights for use outside Australia – subsection 38-190(1), item 4, paragraph (a) and subsection 38-190(2)

GSTR 2003/9 – Goods and Services Tax: financial acquisitions threshold

GSTR 2003/10 – Goods and Services Tax: What is ‘precious metal’ for the purposes of GST?

GSTR 2003/11 – Goods and services tax: payment on early termination of a lease of goods

GSTR 2003/12 – Goods and services tax: when consideration is provided and received for various payment instruments and other methods of payment

GSTR 2003/13 – Goods and services tax: general law partnerships

GSTR 2003/14 – Goods and services tax: the GST implications of transactions between members of a barter scheme conducted by a trade exchange

GSTR 2003/15 – Goods and services tax: importation of goods into Australia

GSTR 2003/16 – Goods and services tax: inducements to enter into a lease of commercial premises

2002

GSTR 2002/1 – Goods and services tax: supplies that are GST-free as special education courses

GSTR 2002/2 – Goods and services tax: GST treatment of financial supplies and related supplies and acquisitions

GSTR 2002/3 – Goods and services tax: prizes

GSTR 2002/4 – Goods and services tax: recipient created tax invoices and foreign currency conversions

GSTR 2002/5 – Goods and services tax: when is a ‘supply of a going concern’ GST-free?

GSTR 2002/6 – Goods and Services Tax: Exports of goods, items 1 to 4A of the table in subsection 38-185(1) of the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999

2001
  • GSTR 2001/1 – Goods and services tax: supplies that are GST-free for tertiary education courses
  • GSTR 2001/2 – Goods and services tax: foreign exchange conversions
  • GSTR 2001/3– Goods and services tax: GST and how it applies to supplies of fringe benefits
  • GSTR 2001/4 – Goods and services tax: GST consequences of court orders and out-of-court settlements
  • GSTR 2001/6 – Goods and services tax: non-monetary consideration
  • GSTR 2001/7 – Goods and services tax: meaning of GST turnover, including the effect of section 188-25 on projected GST turnover
  • GSTR 2001/8 – Goods and services tax: apportioning the consideration for a supply that includes taxable and non-taxable parts
2000
  • GSTR 2000/2 – Goods and services tax: adjustments for bad debts
  • GSTR 2000/3– Goods and services tax: transitional documents – entitlement to an input tax credit without a tax invoice
  • GSTR 2000/5- Goods and services tax: payment of fees and commissions to insurance brokers and agents where the period of insurance cover begins before and ends on or after 1 July 2000
  • GSTR 2000/6– Goods and services tax: special credit for sales tax paid on alchoholic beverages
  • GSTR 2000/7– Goods and services tax: transitional arrangements – supplies, including supplies of rights, made before 1 July 2000 and the extent to which such supplies are taken to be made on or after 1 July 2000
  • GSTR 2000/8– Goods and services tax: special credit for sales tax paid on stock
  • GSTR 2000/12 – Goods and services tax: attributing GST payable and input tax credits for supplies and acquisitions under lay-by sale agreements
  • GSTR 2000/13 – Goods and services tax: accounting on a tax basis
  • GSTR 2000/14 – Goods and services tax: transitional valuation of work-in-progress for head contractors in the building or civil engineering industries
  • GSTR 2000/18 – Goods and services tax: construction and building services which span 1 July 2000
  • GSTR 2000/19 – Goods and services tax: making adjustments under Division 19 for adjustment events
  • GSTR 2000/21 – Goods and services tax: the margin scheme for supplies of real property held prior to 1 July 2000
  • GSTR 2000/24 – Goods and services tax: Division 129 – making adjustments for changes in extent of creditable purpose
  • GSTR 2000/25– Goods and services tax: GST-free supplies of water, sewerage and sewerage-like services, storm water draining services and emptying of a septic tank
  • GSTR 2000/26 – Goods and services tax: corporate card statements – entitlement to an input tax credit without a tax invoice
  • GSTR 2000/27 – Goods and services tax: adult and community education courses; meaning of “likely to add to employment related skills”
  • GSTR 2000/28 – Goods and services tax: attributing GST payable or an input tax credit arising from a sale of land under a standard land contract
  • GSTR 2000/29– Goods and services tax: attributing GST payable, input tax credits and adjustments and particular attribution rules made under section 29-25
  • GSTR 2000/30 – Goods and services tax: supplies that are GST-free for pre-school, primary and secondary education courses
  • GSTR 2000/32 – Goods and services tax: attributing GST payable on supplies of gas and electricity made by public utility providers
  • GSTR 2000/34 -Goods and services tax: what is an invoice for the purposes of the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999?
  • GSTR 2000/35 – Goods and services tax: Division 156 – supplies and acquisitions made on a progressive or periodic basis
  • GSTR 2000/37 – Goods and services tax: agency relationships and the application of the law
Law Companion Rulings

LCR 2018/1 – GST on low value imported goods

LCR 2018/2 – GST on supplies made through electronic distribution platforms

LCR 2018/3 – When is a redeliverer responsible for GST on a supply of low value imported goods?

LCR 2018/4 – Purchaser’s obligation to pay an amount for GST on taxable supplies of certain real property

LCR 2016/1 – GST and carrying on an enterprise in the indirect tax zone (Australia)

Goods and services tax – Industry Issues
Charities Consultative Committee

Second-hand goods

Non-commercial activities of charities, cost of supply and market value tests

ABN and GST registration – flexibility

Detailed Food List

Details of the GST status of major food and beverage product lines

Financial Services

Is an IDPS carrying on an enterprise within the meaning given by the GST Act?

Is an IDPS an entity within the meaning given by the GST Act?

Input tax credits and hire purchase – acquisition of a car

Food Industry Partnership

Farm to ‘food’ product transformation

What is food?

Health Industry Partnership

Are Overseas Student Health Cover policies GST-free?

Is the installation of medical aids and appliances GST-free under section 38-45?

What is the meaning of ‘artificial teeth’ for the purposes of section 38-45 and Schedule 3 – Item 30?

Is the charge for the ongoing monitoring of a ‘medical alert device’ GST-free?

Is a personal alarm unit a ‘medical alert device’ for the purposes of Item 33 of Schedule 3

Additional requirement for goods supplied ‘in the course of supplying’ a GST-free ‘other health service’ (herbal medicine and naturopathy only)

Herbal formulae supplied by an acupuncturist

Are denture repairs or relines GST-free?

What is the GST status of health services provided to more than one person at the same time?

Recognised professionals

Is the service of a hypnotherapist GST-free?

Are the services of psychotherapists and psychoanalysts GST-free?

Section 38-10 Other health services

Goods supplied ‘in the course of supplying’ a GST-free medical service

Anaesthetic services and cosmetic procedures

Cosmetic procedures

Medical services rendered for cosmetic reasons

New medical procedures

Medical services

Are lens treatments including coatings/tints (hard coat, multicoat, tints, UV filter, mirror coat) subject to GST?

When does a lens become a ‘lens for prescription spectacles’ for the purposes of subsection 38-45(1) and Item 155 of Schedule 3 of the GST Act?

Insurance Industry Partnership

Insurance Excesses – Safe Harbour Arrangements

Refund of excesses

Acquisitions directly for the purpose of settling a claim

Recoveries and adjustment events

Division 78 and subdivision 153-B agreements

Layered policies where some of the underwriters are offshore entities

Excesses – making an acquisition

Excesses – several payments over time

Net settlements

Subrogation and third party payments

Subrogation – will section 78-15 prevail over section 78-35

Subrogation – imbalance between sections 78-35 and 78-40

What is meant by the term subrogation

Motor Vehicle Industry Partnership

Vehicles provided for evaluation, product launches and raffles

For luxury car tax purposes, what is the date of importation for a car?

Are oils and lubricants purchased by a person with a disability ‘parts’ for the purposes of the subdivision 38-P of the GST Act?

Pharmaceutical Health Forum

Pharmacist responsibilities

Drugs and medicinal preparations

Purchasing or hiring goods through a hospital

Spare parts for medical aids and appliances

Medical aid or appliance widely used by people without an illness or disability

Medical aid or appliance specifically designed for people with an illness or disability

Representatives of Incapacitated Entities

In-specie distribution

Joint and several liability

Property and Construction Industry Partnership

Supply of time share interest

Retirement Villages Industry Partnership

Redeemable preference share and GST exemption

GST treatment for maintenance fees

Primary Production Industry Partnership

Financial arrangements – commodity derivates agreement

Rotten grapes

Tenants’ fixtures

Increasing adjustment under Division 129 of the GST Act

Increasing adjustment under Division 135 of the GST Act

Intent to carry on a farming business

Farmed for five years but not immediately prior to the sale

Sale of farmland – farm business v farmed continuously

Sale of farmland – Section 38-480 of the GST Act

Farm ownership and crops

Ownership of crops before harvest

Tourism and Hospitality Industry Partnership

Restaurant tips

Foreign exchange dealings and travellers cheques

Aircraft fees and levies

Excess baggage

Treatment of the domestic leg of an international flight

Air transport within Australia

Land fall requirement

Land product supplied to non-residents (as principal)

Travel agent fee for visa applications

Taxi Industry

Definition of limousine

Mining an Energy Industry Partnership

Precious metal refining

Coal – loans and borrows

Underlifts/overlifts within a GST Joint venture

Demurrage and dispatch