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Originally Posted by Locke
That depends entirely on company policy as I explained earlier.
If its policy to require one, then yes, its necessary. And its extremely common.
Is it 'legally necessary?' Of course not. If its a $2000 job and you have no idea what the contractor's GST status is then fine. The fact of the matter remains, most major companies simply DO NOT CARE. They want to pay what the job costs plus GST. It keeps their accounting and tracking simple.
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I get that you're an accountant and you see lots of invoices but I also write a lot and see a bunch with a lot of home builders and the GST number isn't always necessary. I don't know what work the guy did but if the only reason he wasn't paid was because of a GST number then that's effin lame.