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Total Taxation Revenue Payroll tax amounts to about 2% I think, but of course I could have all this arsed up

.....yes your right, and I do sound terribly sanctimonious and hypocritical - we do try and minimise our tax as well. However at the end of the day PAYe tax accounts for about 60% of government revenue, GST about 25% and property about 12%. In other words, the punters carry the can to the tune...

Good for you, and that means that half a dozen checkout chicks earning about $25k a year, are expected to carry the extra $50k burden you belay onto the tax system (all legal - no questions at all) to pay for some other basic services like hospitals, roads etc. We want to live in free...

I never quite get the obsession with reducing the tax bill. Sure we negatively gear stuff and get a good return each August, but at the end of the day a dollar in the hand is worth more to me in real terms than a dollar returned by the tax office. This is your conscience speaking - where...