Australia: Buyers

Paying tax on TCGplayer purchases

Many countries and jurisdictions around the world apply some type of tax on consumer purchases, including items bought on TCGplayer. Whether the tax is included in the listing price, added to your order total or charged at the border depends on the order price, the item's starting location and your delivery address.

If additional tax is applicable on your TCGplayer purchase, you’ll see the confirmed tax amount on the checkout page, before you pay.

Items delivered to Australia – Goods and Services Tax (GST)

Australian Goods and Services Tax (GST) generally applies to purchases delivered to Australian buyers. (Visit the Australian Taxation Office website for a list of GST-exempt products.)

Items imported into Australia

TCGplayer is required to collect GST on orders up to AU $1,000 imported into Australia. If you're buying an item located outside Australia and you select an Australian delivery address, TCGplayer will add GST to the total at checkout. The seller receives payment for the order (item price + postage costs), and TCGplayer remits the GST to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO).

If GST was collected, you can view this at the Order details page in your Order history as well as in your order confirmation email.

For orders valued at over AU $1,000, the GST is generally collected at the Australian border. You may need to pay it as part of clearing your parcel through customs.

Items delivered overseas

If you're having an order delivered to an address outside Australia, including any electronically delivered goods or services, local consumer tax and/or customs duty may apply. Online marketplaces such as TCGplayer may be responsible for collecting the tax, or the parcel's recipient may need to pay these as part of clearing the parcel through customs.

While we've included basic information for some countries here, it is only intended as a guide and is by no means exhaustive. Please refer to our Sales and Income Tax policy page for a detailed list of jurisdictions where tax may apply to items bought and sold on TCGplayer. For more information, please check the local tax and customs regulations.

If TCGplayer is required to collect tax, you'll see this included in your order total at checkout. The seller receives payment for the order (item price + postage costs) and TCGplayer remits the tax to the relevant authority. You can view and download a tax invoice from the Order details page in your Order history.

Refunded purchases

If you paid tax on your purchase through TCGplayer and you get a refund for your order, you'll also get a refund for the proportionate amount of tax. For example, if you receive a full refund, you'll get the entire tax back. If you receive a 50% partial refund, you'll get 50% of the tax back. Any refunds processed outside TCGplayer systems are not eligible for a tax refund.

If you paid import taxes or duty as part of clearing your parcel through customs but you then returned the item, please contact the customs authority regarding a refund of the charges.