Aussie Tax Time Simplified

[ElDubya]

Sure is a simpler way of working it all out ....

[chrgdstatesman]

i love tax time it feels like im gettin free money from da one and only john howard lol even tho it really was my money that i worked for.

[Freddy Kruger]

i was stoggged. $1550 tax...$113.08 back > i got ripped coz i got ausstudy...

[DavidPartay]

Here's an idea:

Let's not pay taxes for a year.

Then we'll see the roads crumble
The electricity disappear
Drinking water goes bye bye
Police quit their jobs
Public hospitals close
Firemen quit


Do you see where this is leading?

Australia is one of the highest taxed countries in the world, but we're all some home to some of the highest earners in relation to living costs.

And if you're going to whinge to me about rich people getting a bigger tax cut this financial year, don't forget that they earn more, they ALREADY pay a higher tax rate, so that $68 a week in comparison to $6 is proportional to the amount they earn and pay anyway.

[Freddy Kruger]

this is the jokes/humour section...your not meant to take anything seriously

[HDT_aero]

Here's an idea:

Let's not pay taxes for a year.

Then we'll see the roads crumble
The electricity disappear
Drinking water goes bye bye
Police quit their jobs
Public hospitals close
Firemen quit


Do you see where this is leading?

Australia is one of the highest taxed countries in the world, but we're all some home to some of the highest earners in relation to living costs.

And if you're going to whinge to me about rich people getting a bigger tax cut this financial year, don't forget that they earn more, they ALREADY pay a higher tax rate, so that $68 a week in comparison to $6 is proportional to the amount they earn and pay anyway.

everything cept the cops and firemen quiting is already happening .... but we still get raped by the tax man

[DavidPartay]

Yeah I do realise that we pay a lot of tax, but like I said our low living costs outweigh the taxes we pay and in return we can at least hope that we have good government funded public services.

But yeah, apart from that the form is funny .

[Indy_387]

Yeah I do realise that we pay a lot of tax, but like I said our low living costs outweigh the taxes we pay and in return we can at least hope that we have good government funded public services.

But yeah, apart from that the form is funny .

I 100% agree with you.

[emm_083]

after weeks of waiting i finally got my tax return. and im wayy happy!! got just over $3000 back. now all there is to do is start thinking of what to do with my car.. he deserved it to ALL be spent on him!!

[blaringmike]

Dont hold your breath. The way John Howards going we'll be paying more tax and getting less services. Its turning into a miniture american "users pays" system.

[Freddy Kruger]

i work four nights a week earning about $70 each night (bout 6 hours worth). i i work and extra night, even though i would recieve casual rate (bout an extra $3 per hour) i only earn and extra $20 for the week, the rest goes to tax... tell me that aint getting raped?

If i could see the tax money being used where i live itd be ok, but the nearest thing that ive seen done here is that highway to bendigo. how am i supposed to afford petrol so i can go on that highway?

As the cost of living rises, so does the taxes and all that crap. yet do our wages and pensions go up? no.

How about we see all the grocery boys go on strike and see the whole of australia go to chaos... cmon think about it... the supermarket here would die if grocery boys stopped stackin the shelves. then the customers couldnt get anything... utter chaos BWAHAHAHA *evil laugh *

[Shifty1]

i work four nights a week earning about $70 each night (bout 6 hours worth). i i work and extra night, even though i would recieve casual rate (bout an extra $3 per hour) i only earn and extra $20 for the week, the rest goes to tax... tell me that aint getting raped?

If i could see the tax money being used where i live itd be ok, but the nearest thing that ive seen done here is that highway to bendigo. how am i supposed to afford petrol so i can go on that highway?

As the cost of living rises, so does the taxes and all that crap. yet do our wages and pensions go up? no.

How about we see all the grocery boys go on strike and see the whole of australia go to chaos... cmon think about it... the supermarket here would die if grocery boys stopped stackin the shelves. then the customers couldnt get anything... utter chaos BWAHAHAHA *evil laugh *

No joke, if the public dont stop being so f***ing spineless and actually all start striking because of the way things are, then we will become another america.. crazy PM, high taxes, low pay, high amount of homeless people..

[HDT_aero]

beside the fact we are spending a good 5-10% of our wages on petrol tax!!!!!!

[chunderlicious]

petrol tax is nearing 25% now, i earn 310 a week before tax for standard 38 hours (first year apprentice). after tax i get around 270, thats with tax free threshhold and in the lowest bracket etc. my old man pays 48c to the dollar. hes walkin out after tax with half of what he has earned. he works his ass off and get half his money takin for sweet F all. our roads are shite, we pay for water, electricity all that jazz. i think its stupid, bloody rediculous, proposterous, outrages.

nah not really, i just think it should all be standardised, say 20 percent over the board or something like that. just needs a revamp.

[Jesk]

The crappiest thing is that the highest earners in real terms pay stuff all tax cos they can afford all these tax dodge systems and though they earn upwards of 2-3 million a year their taxable income is ONLY about 100k though i wouldn't complain if i was earning only 100k but hey we are becoming like the 53rd state of america or however many states there are with the rich getting richer and the poor poorer.

[dre58]

Heres something i pulled from the archives. I thought it sums up what everyones talking about in this thread.

[monaro 44]

o shut up!
you's cant argue so make jokes ok
thx

[Jesk]

No joke, if the public dont stop being so f***ing spineless and actually all start striking because of the way things are, then we will become another america.. crazy PM, high taxes, low pay, high amount of homeless people..

What do ya mean will become like..... were almost the bl00dy 53rd state or however many the yanks have

but yeah that pic is so true unfortunately, but so many people need to be on it cos they cant get a job because of all the high taxes so everyone becomes a dual income family, and people dont like being on the dole in general cos it simply makes you feel so bad living (actually its just existing thats hard enough on the dole) on the government's handouts