Commonwealth Consolidated ActsNote 1: See section 38‑3.
Note 2: The second column of the table is not operative (see section 182‑15).
* Beverages specified in the third column of the table are GST‑free.
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Beverages that are GST‑free |
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Item |
Category |
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1 |
Milk products |
any of the following products: (a) milk, skim milk or buttermilk (whether liquid, powdered, concentrated or condensed); (b) casein; (c) whey, whey powder or whey paste |
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2 |
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* beverages consisting of products referred to in item 1 (or a combination of those products), to the extent of at least 95%, but not including flavoured beverages |
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3 |
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lactose |
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4 |
Soy milk and rice milk |
* beverages consisting principally of soy milk or rice milk, but not including flavoured beverages |
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5 |
Tea, coffee etc. |
tea (including herbal tea, fruit tea, ginseng tea and other similar * beverage preparations), coffee and coffee essence, chicory and chicory essence, and malt |
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6 |
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malt extract, if it is marketed principally for drinking purposes |
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7 |
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preparations for drinking purposes that are marketed principally as tea preparations, coffee preparations, or preparations for malted * beverages |
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8 |
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preparations marketed principally as substitutes for preparations covered by item 6 or 7 |
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9 |
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dry preparations marketed for the purpose of flavouring milk |
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10 |
Fruit and vegetable juices |
concentrates for making non‑alcoholic * beverages, if the concentrates consist of at least 90% by volume of juices of fruits |
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11 |
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non‑alcoholic carbonated * beverages, if they consist wholly of juices of fruits or vegetables |
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12 |
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non‑alcoholic non‑carbonated * beverages, if they consist of at least 90% by volume of juices of fruits or vegetables |
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13 |
Beverages for infants or invalids |
* beverages, and ingredients for beverages, of a kind marketed principally as * food for infants or invalids |
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14 |
Water |
natural water, non‑carbonated and without any other additives |
None of the items in the table relating to the category of tea, coffee etc. include any * beverage that is marketed in a ready‑to‑drink form.
For the purposes of items 11 and 12 in the table, herbage is treated as vegetables.