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On 5/31/2017 at 9:33 PM, dezz said:

Who was it that posted that consumer law stuff about warranty not mattering, product working for a reasonable period of time etc...
What would be a reasonable period of time on an oven (residential)

I actually tried finding this earlier today while doing some consumer readings with no success.

According to one of my ex work team member, she got her Samsung replaced from the manufacturer despite it being out of warranty as there's a standard expectation of white goods in it's life expectancies.

I actually tried finding this earlier today while doing some consumer readings with no success.
According to one of my ex work team member, she got her Samsung replaced from the manufacturer despite it being out of warranty as there's a standard expectation of white goods in it's life expectancies.


Warranties are separate from your automatic consumer guarantees.  The consumer guarantees which apply regardless of any warranties suppliers sell or give to you, apply for a reasonable time depending on the nature of the goods or services. This means consumer guarantees may continue to apply after the time period for the warranty has expired.

https://www.accc.gov.au/consumers/consumer-rights-guarantees/warranties

Hence it pretty much comes down to what the VCAT mediator thinks is reasonable

In this day and age brands are more likely to fix the issue and bill you lowly or not at all because not worth the negative word of mouth and social media etc.

2 hours ago, Birds said:

Hence it pretty much comes down to what the VCAT mediator thinks is reasonable

In this day and age brands are more likely to fix the issue and bill you lowly or not at all because not worth the negative word of mouth and social media etc.

This... I made dishlex replace my out of warranty dishwasher and give me a free 5 year extended warranty on the replacement.

Just posted a shitty review online and they "came to the rescue" 
(on a site I knoew they monitor and always reply)

1 hour ago, dezz said:

Hypothetically, can one claim things like exhaust, tune, supercharger kit etc as maintenance when doing their car expenses for tax purposes?

 

Toby?

 

 

You can claim anything you want

Whether it red flags an audit or not is another thing

Tax is surprisingly subjective - if you can reasonably justify its use then it counts. Can't see a situation that would require those things but maybe the workshop can draw you up an invoice for repair labour without itemising those specific things...

Vehicle has to be used to conduct work though, not just driving to and from work.

You can claim anything you want
Whether it red flags an audit or not is another thing
Tax is surprisingly subjective - if you can reasonably justify its use then it counts. Can't see a situation that would require those things but maybe the workshop can draw you up an invoice for repair labour without itemising those specific things...
Vehicle has to be used to conduct work though, not just driving to and from work.


I know an old boss used to do a lot of "preventative maintenance" to his Ute, and it always ended up making more power or being less sensible in some way afterwards.

As far as I am aware it was all/partially claimed back in tax, how legit that is I have no idea though.
31 minutes ago, TiTAN said:

 


I know an old boss used to do a lot of "preventative maintenance" to his Ute, and it always ended up making more power or being less sensible in some way afterwards.

As far as I am aware it was all/partially claimed back in tax, how legit that is I have no idea though.

 

Yeah well, legit just comes down to justification. The more you claim or the more crazy stuff you claim, the more likely you will be flagged in the system for review / audit (though some audits just happen at random as far as I know). Despite audit being a huge pain in the ass for someone, as long as you can justify with records/proof of your claims then you will be okay / they will only ever knock you back for it if they deem the item unreasonable to claim. If they see that you've made an honest mistake and you don't have a history of bad tax returns they won't penalise you for it.

A tax return is simply saying "I shouldn't have paid tax on this item because x reason". The system sucks, but if you're not exploiting loopholes and all that jazz then you're one of the suckers paying more while those who know the system pay less.

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