date:Aug 21, 2014
cer and then claim a rebate, but because WET is only charged on the final wholesale sale, every one of the intermediate sales gives rise to a rebate without having to pay the tax, he said. Weve seen as many as 12 in the chain, so you get 11 rebates and only one lot of tax being claimed, and the tax office really doesnt like that.
The industry is very much on notice with regard to those sort of schemes, so I think they will become a thing of the past, he said.
The Winemakers Federation of Austr