"Other countries, including Australia, take GST off fruit and vegetables. In fact, most countries that have a form of GST have carve-outs for certain items, and if anything, New Zealand is currently an outlier."

Not what the various pundits will have you believe. I remember when the change came through in Aus. (I was there), there was a lot of bluff and bluster, but it turned out not to be nearly as difficult in the end.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Yeah it's weird how they keep going on about our great simple GST system, when multiple large countries have implemented it without too many issues.

Another sentiment I've seen is "Wealthy people buy fruits and veg too!!!" So what? Why can't we just help everyone? Everyone should be eating more fruits and vegetables. If it leads to healthier varied diets for everyone, it's a net benefit as a whole to us.

[–] Floofah 3 points 2 years ago

I can’t believe that the current pay-terminal system, doesn’t have a GST include/not included option select for every item.

This type of system has been working smoothly in Europe fpr 25 years. Technically it’s not a problem.