Care residents to be hit by GST

Care residents to be hit by GST

BY SEAN HEALY

SYDNEY — Residents at a group home for people with disabilities will be whacked with a $8 per week rent rise after July 1, a rise the home's management claims is made necessary by the GST.

However, according to advice given by the NSW government department responsible for aged and disabilities services to home resident Buddy Martin, the Carinya Lodge in Arncliffe should be GST-exempt, as are all residential care services licensed under the Youth and Community Services Act.

Management of the Carinya Lodge, however, claims that the lodge is not GST-exempt and therefore must slug the residents, most of whom receive a minimal government benefit.

From GLW issue 406