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Our lives without tax
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What taxes do you pay and why?
VisualiserEconomics & BusinessYear 8Your income tax journey
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Your responsibilities in relation to income tax
VisualiserEconomics & BusinessYear 8Checking the right amount of tax was withheld
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Using a SWOT analysis to make a business decision
VisualiserEconomics & BusinessYear 8Was the correct amount of tax withheld?
Paying the right amount of tax is important. If your employer does not deduct the right amount of tax on your behalf, you might end up with a tax bill at the end of the financial year. Your responsibility as an employee is to check your pay slip to see if the right amount of tax is being deducted.
Review Maya’s pay slip below and identify how much she earned for the week and the year to date and how much tax was withheld from her pay for this…
WorksheetEconomics & BusinessYear 8Assessable income and allowable deductions
To complete a tax return, you will need information about your income and allowable deductions.
Assessable income
The most common source of income for young people is money earned through employment. At tax time you will be able to access your income statement via myGov. This statement will tell you how much you earned and how much tax was deducted from your income.
You may have also received unearned income. This is income from investments…
WorksheetEconomics & BusinessYear 8Role of tax in influencing decisions
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Impact of tax on individual and business decisions
VisualiserEconomics & BusinessYear 8GST-free goods and services
Some goods and services are 'GST free' which means they do not have GST included in the price.
The GST-free goods and services include:
most basic foods
some education courses, course materials and related excursions or field trips
some medical, health and care services
some menstrual products
some medical aids and appliances
some medicines
some childcare services
some religious services and charitable activities
supplies of…
ExplainerEconomics & BusinessYear 8Impact of tax on individual and business decisions
You must complete part A and part B, but you can choose to do either part C or D.Part A: Strategies to encourage the consumption – EVsWhy do governments in Australia want to increase the uptake of EVs? Refer to source 2.What 3 measures would incentivise businesses to purchase electric vehicles (EVs)? Refer to source 3.To what extent do recent government actions address the issues affecting the uptake of cars by businesses?Predict the impact…
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