http://www.theaustralian.com.au/in-...-from-flood-levy/story-fn7iwx3v-1225995437524
Just disgusting. Not sure what else to say.
Today's new wealth tax
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http://www.theaustralian.com.au/in-...-from-flood-levy/story-fn7iwx3v-1225995437524
Just disgusting. Not sure what else to say.
+1 - This is what we pay taxes for.
Natural disasters have a key feature that is in the name....NATURAL - They occur often quite regularly and have done for some time. If inept governments can't plan for something with a proven track record of occuring such as floods etc. then that should not become my burden.
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Is that a combined income of $100K?
Agree with Former Lurker too - great points.
We're expected to budget & pay our taxes & insurance & superannuation etc. Why shouldn't we have the same expectations of a govt? They should be putting away for a rainy day too.
Any since when was a tax introduced for a particular supposedly short-term purpose (ie flood levy) ever taken away again by govt after it's served its purpose? I can't think of any & I don't believe this tax/levy/handout to the govt will be any different.
Wish I had known this before I donated to the Premier's Fund.
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and this too will pass ...................
I hear they are looking at raisng just over a bill...........and that will pay for what % of whats needed..........seems hardly worth the media mess they will get
WA will want to secede again
ta
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and this too will pass ...................
I hear they are looking at raisng just over a bill...........and that will pay for what % of whats needed..........seems hardly worth the media mess they will get
WA will want to secede again
ta
rolf
I have no issues in paying to help re-built QLD. But it still quite disturbing that the Government (esp Labour) just like to keep increasing the taxes for anyone on high income be it individual or company (RSPT).
You just never know when and by how much rules will be changed in future that will financially impact ppl who have really worked hard and made sacrifices to be in a financially well off position. I am sure they didn't work so hard and make sacrifices to cover up for government inefficiencies/bad planning.
Cheers,
Oracle.
You just never know when and by how much rules will be changed in future that will financially impact ppl who have really worked hard and made sacrifices to be in a financially well off position. I am sure they didn't work so hard and make sacrifices to cover up for government inefficiencies/bad planning.
Cheers,
Oracle.
Without getting into the ins and outs of this too much, it's hardly an original idea, or a Labor one. See: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/gillard-has-time-to-levy-and-recover-20110123-1a16v.html.
Sure, the Timor levy was not, in the end, required, but our previous - conservative - government was prepared to introduce it.
The other levies, such as the milk tax and the Ansett levy, are also worth thinking about too. It's hardly an unusual practice in this country to slug taxpayers for a particular cost for a particular period of time.
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Sure, the Timor levy was not, in the end, required, but our previous - conservative - government was prepared to introduce it.
The other levies, such as the milk tax and the Ansett levy, are also worth thinking about too. It's hardly an unusual practice in this country to slug taxpayers for a particular cost for a particular period of time.
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the east timor levy introduced by the coalition was a single year increase in the medicare levy
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/bill/mlatlb2000427/
sad
and this too will pass ...................
I hear they are looking at raisng just over a bill...........and that will pay for what % of whats needed..........seems hardly worth the media mess they will get
WA will want to secede again
ta
rolf
and people wonder why Barnett plays hardball with Canberra.
The RSPT is dead in the water, let's claw it back from Joe and Jane Average.
the natural disaster australia had to have, huh?
And 0.2% for one year in 1997 to fund the post-Port Arthur gun "buyback".
Donations are to help people, the tax is for the government.
The article is a bit misleading, only income above the threshold is taxed.
See ATO for full details.
But anyway, damn Labor and their Gun Buy Back Levies, Milk Deregulation Levies, Ansett Levies, Sugar Levies, PPL Levies. All Labor's fault, right?
couldn't agree more.
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