display home with office - charge GST?

[lenovo]

hi.

we are leasing a display home with the garage being used as an office by the builder. leaseback is more that 50K a year. our solicitor said we can charge GST from the vendor but our accountant said a display home is still residential so we don't need to charge GST as long as we were not charged GST by the vendor (???). wer're not registered for GST btw and we don't mind if we don't charge it. since we had two answers to our question, we're not sure what to do. are we obliged by law to charge GST or is it ok if we don't?

 

[Propertunity]

Well first off, unless you are turing over more than $75K as a business, you do not have to register for GST and therefore could not charge it.

Secondly, even if you did register and charge GST, what is the nett GST outcome?
1. You collect the GST off the builder and remit it to the ATO
2. The builder claims it as a tax credit and gets it back off the ATO
= no point.