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Iram, Anh and Mason all went to the same country high school, but now they live in the city and share a house.Iram is a student and works waiting tables at a local Italian restaurant a few nights each week. His before tax (gross) income is $562.Ly is an apprentice electrician. His gross pay is $948 each week.Mason is a couple of years older and he graduated from uni last year and is now working as a teacher. His gross weekly income is $1,522…

Part 1: GSTYou’re setting up a market stall and are putting price tags on your items for sale. Calculate the final price you will charge for each item. How much GST did you collect?NumberItemGST exclusive priceGSTGST inclusive price1Tea candle$2.602Scented tea candle$3.203Cube candle$5.404Scented cube$6.005Gift box of tea candles$10.406Hanging ball candle$6.207Fluoro cube$6.208Slow burning dinner candle$4.609Box slow burners$21.1010Tea candle…

Iram, Ly and Mason all went to the same country high school, but now they live in the city and share a house. The rent for the house is $150 per person each week and includes electricity. Iram is a student and works waiting tables at a local Italian restaurant a few nights each week. Her take-home pay is about $490. Ly is an apprentice electrician. Her take-home pay is around $825 each week Mason is a couple of years older and he…

What is tax?Tax is the money paid by individuals and businesses to government. Australia has 3 reasons for taxation. The first and most important is to raise the money the government needs to pay for goods and services needed by the community such as health, education, roads and defence. The second purpose of taxation is to share our wealth through income support for disadvantaged Australians, through such things as the aged pension,…

The data sets below show the amount of particular fuel types produced in Australia over 10 years. The amounts are in megalitres (1 megalitre = 1 million litres). The tables also show the amount of excise the government charges for each megalitre produced (the excise rate). You are going to do some calculations and graphing and draw some conclusions about the amount of excise the government has collected from fuel across the 10-year period.…

Part 1 – What are sin taxes?On the internet, research sin taxes.Why is excise often called a ‘sin tax’?Write a general description of a sin tax. Include some examples.Is a sin tax an Australian thing, or does it also occur in other countries?Find 2 advantages and 2 disadvantages of sin taxes.What’s your opinion of sin taxes – good idea or not? Because? Part 2 – A case study of tobaccoYou are going to investigate the changes in excise on…

Superannuation, or 'super', is money put aside by your employer over your working life for you to live on when you retire from work. Super is important for you, because the more you save, the more money you may have for your retirement. You can only withdraw your super money in certain circumstances – for example, when you reach preservation age and retire or turn 65 years old. However, there are some circumstances where you can access your…

Set up a spreadsheet to calculate the return on investment earned in the super accounts in table 1. Insert all relevant symbols for calculating compound interest as shown below. Remember to copy and paste formulas where appropriate to save time. Information for setting up your spreadsheet on compound interest Compounded annually Principal ($) Interest rate (%) (annually) Time (in years)…