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.

 

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Learn about the purpose and operations of the ATO.  Test your knowledge about tax and find out if you are a tax expert.

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Wacky facts

  • Fact 13

    During World War I, many taxpayers felt that it was their patriotic duty to pay more than their assessed tax. Some were not legally obliged to pay tax but did so and others made payments of double, treble or quadruple the assessed amounts.

Glossary

Standard choice form

A form filled in when an employee chooses or changes the super fund into which their employer contributes their super.

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