Hello, 

I would like to suggest that instead of refunding all the extra money the government gets from the GST, it gives it to the NSW state government, so that the NSW government can get rid of Frank?s tax. 

When the GST first came in, the NSW Carr government didn?t scrap the other tax system as the other states did, because they needed extra money to pay for a bunch of tunnels Frank Sartor built throughout Sydney, that the people of Sydney didn?t even want! And because all following NSW governments (including the currant O?Farrell government) still had to pay these tunnels off, none of them have gotten rid of Frank?s tax, which means that the people of NSW have to deal with both tax systems! 

By helping the NSW government pay off Frank?s tunnels, the fedral government could allow the NSW government to get rid of Frank?s tax and have the state run completely off the much simpler GST, as the Howard government always intended when it bought the GST system in. This would spare the people of NSW the nuisance of having to fill out those ridiculously complicated tax forms every year, would spare many people from having to pay extra tax money, and would allow the taxpayers of NSW to finally enjoy the convienience and fairness of the GST system, which the people in the other states have all been enjoying (perhaps even taking for granted) for years. 

Once again, I ask that for the time being, the fedral government gives all the extra capital gains tax money it gets from the GST to the NSW government, until Frank Sartor?s tunnels are paid off. Once the tunnels are paid off, then, instead of refunding the extra money, perhaps the government could simply reduce the GST, so that they only recieve the right amount of money from the taxpayers. The idea of refunding the money sounds like it would come with a whole heap of new complicated forms to fill out, which is a hassle that the GST, thankfully, got rid of for non-NSW Australians, and one I doubt Australian taxpayers would be happy to see return. 

Thank you for reading this submission. I hope you take this letter, along with all other letters you recieve regarding this matter, in to serious considderation before making your final decision. 

Kind Regards, 
Chris Hamill 
NSW Resident 
Australian Citizen, Voter & Taxpayer