Effective July 1, 2018 Australia started requiring that any company that exports to Australia to charge the 10% GST tax on all items, even under AUD 1000 sales (about $750 USD). The exception is for Australian companies that resale or use the product in their finished product. So basically, the tax should really just be for End Users.
Unfortunately, in creating this rule it is forcing companies that ship to Australia to provide tax information all paperwork, including invoices and shipping paperwork. This is both our newly acquired Australian tax ID and the customers Australia Business Number (ABN). For shipments under AUD 1000 we need to print White Labs ABN and the customer's ABN on shipping & customs documents (FedEx has a specific format required). The invoices (both actual invoice and cash sales) need to have any GST charged printed on the invoice. We also need a report for the sales to Australia & GST charged. We need a data field to input the customer's ABN that can be used when printing shipment and invoice info. Maybe the Tax Reg. Number and/or the Resale Number in the Financial section of the customer screen. We don't want to enter the information in the wrong data field.
What I have found from the help screens in NetSuite, the Australia GST specific tax features are NOT provided by the International Tax Reports SuiteApp (no does United States). This new rule effects all companies that ship to Australia. Netsuite does have Australia tax capability, but Netsuite has not been updated for this that I can find. Can you check with Netsuite, user groups, etc. that you have contact with to see if this new rule is being address. We don't want spend a bunch of time creating something if Netsuite will have it on the next release.
Has anyone heard from NetSuite and/or found a solution to this rather than re-inventing the wheel ?