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.

 

The Budget: taxes and spending

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The Budget: taxes and spending
Task A4.1 Managing disasters
Task A4.2 Tax in your community
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The annual Budget shows how tax revenue is collected and how it will be spent. Explore issues concerning the Budget. Investigate how pressures on the Budget can impact on the type and amount of taxes that are levied.

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  • Fact 8

    In 1910, the Commonwealth Government introduced a land tax to provide for more defence spending and to prepare for the increase in migration. The land tax was chosen to encourage large-scale land owners to subdivide their land and sell it to small-scale settlers.

Glossary

Tax payable

The amount of income tax required to be paid on a person's taxable income after applying any tax offsets. It does not include the Medicare levy.

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