Electronics repairer Tony Backhouse says the "Coalition's GST and New Tax System was the termination notice for tens of thousands of people working in the repair service industry".

What's worse is that an expensive repair competes with replacement and thanks to the New Tax System the second hand market is now flooded with cars unwanted for trade in.
The "Tax Mix Switch" was worse for electronic repairers, for whom many new items were taxed at 32 per cent with similarly minute retail margins. The net retail price drop of competing replacement equipment over the 12 month transition was 25 per cent and repairers were expected to charge 10 per cent on top of their service charges which mostly consisted of labor costs.
