Tax 101 explores the reasons tax is collected and examines how governments use tax to provide services needed by the community, and the role of the ATO. Choose a topic to investigate or use the breadcrumbs to return to the course overview page.
Different levels of government provide a wide range of goods and services. Discover what these goods and services are, and explore your own community to see what kinds of things the government provides.
Activities allow teachers to assess students and provide slideshows with course content and/or questions.
Forums allow teachers and students to communicate.
One poetic Australian taxpayer wrote to the ATO: 'Spring is sprung, the grass is riz, I wonder where my return iz. My "rego’s" due, my cash is nil, a cheque from you would pay the till'.
A tax payable on a non-salary benefit to an employee. The employer pays the tax, not the employee.
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