Australian Amazon users to be geo-fenced after government extends purchase tax

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Amazon responds to extension of Goods and Services Tax (GST) by barring Australians from Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk

Users of Amazon.com in Australia are to be shut out of the US store and geo-genced to Amazon.com.au. The move comes after the country extended its Goods and Services Tax (GST) to online purchases w...

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