Given that more gamers are accustomed to creating and uploading their own videos on a regular basis, the amount of people proficient with the Adobe suite of tools – like Premiere and Photoshop – is higher.
But you know what else is higher? The amount you’ll have to pay for it.
In an email that went out to all users this morning, Adobe has announced that from December 1 they will begin charging 10% GST “on all goods and services to our customers in Australia”.
“Your next bill, on or after this date, will reflect the new tax rate. Note that this change does not affect the base price of your Adobe products,” the email, reported earlier by Gizmodo, said.
The change will affect a fair few developers, students and content creators, with the Creative Cloud monthly subscription price increasing from a minimum of $11.99/month to $13.18/month. Access to just a single program, like Premiere, will now cost $25.28 a month instead of $22.99. And if you want the whole lot, it’ll be $63.78 a month instead of $57.99.
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7 responses to “You’ll Have To Pay GST For Adobe Software From December”
Such BS. Adobe also removing Speedgrade integration from Premiere. They are becoming the MAC of the editing world. Let’s just remove handy features for no reason. 🙁
Of course if they are charging GST then they will have to give you a tax invoice with an ABN on it, and you can claim it on your tax if you use it for your work.
If they can’t provide you with an ABN then they are breaking the law.
They were probably claiming that you weren’t receiving the service from Adobe Australia, but rather one of their international subsidiaries.
They’re probably making the change due to the government planning to get overseas businesses that have a large amount of business with Australian customers to collect GST, which makes that kind of game pointless.
I have the full suite for my wife. She does a few hours freelance a week but doesn’t earn over 18k so claiming on tax isn’t even an option for us 🙁
Hey remember when the GST was brought in and they said that this kind of crap (price hikes due to GST charging) wouldn’t be allowed?
Good times.
Remember when GST didn’t exist?
Good times.
I had better buy a load of software before mid next year when GST is on everything
somehow we are cheaper than USA which is $50USD a month.
I don’t pay any GST on the Adobe software I torrent, just saying