Quote Originally Posted by Trent View Post
It'd actually be really easy for eBay to solve. They'd just have to charge a surcharge at checkout on any items Aussies buy from an overseas seller. Seller still gets his money, buyer pays GST, no foreign enforcement necessary.

Simple.
Yes but who is the aussie paying the GST to? The Seller or eBay? eBay doesn't want to be responsible for remitting GST. The adminisitrative burden would be huge and there is next to no benefit for them. The seller almost certainly won't remit as they are in another country. I think this is the big issue.