Note 1: See section 38 - 3.
Note 2: The second column of the table is not operative (see section 182 - 15).
1 Beverages that are GST - free
* Beverages specified in the third column of the table are GST - free.
Beverages that are GST - free | ||
Item | Category | |
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 |
2 |
| * 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 |
3 |
| lactose |
4 | Soy milk and rice milk | * beverages consisting principally of soy milk or rice milk, but not including flavoured beverages |
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 |
6 |
| malt extract, if it is marketed principally for drinking purposes |
7 |
| preparations for drinking purposes that are marketed principally as tea preparations, coffee preparations, or preparations for malted * beverages |
8 |
| preparations marketed principally as substitutes for preparations covered by item 6 or 7 |
9 |
| dry preparations marketed for the purpose of flavouring milk |
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 |
11 |
| non - alcoholic carbonated * beverages, if they consist wholly of juices of fruits or vegetables |
12 |
| non - alcoholic non - carbonated * beverages, if they consist of at least 90% by volume of juices of fruits or vegetables |
13 | Beverages for infants or invalids | * beverages, and ingredients for beverages, of a kind marketed principally as * food for infants or invalids |
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.