Noelene wrote: >..At the time of Federation (1900), taxation absorbed 6 per cent of the >nation's GDP and Tax Freedom Day was January 23. In 2002, Tax Freedom >Day was April 22, so Australians spent an additional three months >working purely to service government expenditure.
I think you should point out that our Tax year starts on July 1st, Noelene, otherwise, everyone will think we don't pay much in tax!! My biggest gripe since we've started a 10% goods and services tax, is that for some things, they cahrge you a governement tax, *then" they charge you 10% on top of that, so you pay tax on the tax!! I'm not against paying taxes, but I think that really stinks! Helene, the froggy from Melbourne Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
