GOOD NEWS! 可能要减税了

酷的

总算有重量级人物提出减税了。 好
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Tuesday April 18, 08:43 AM
Cut top income tax rate: Warburton


The federal government must cut the top income tax rate to discourage tax avoidance and reduce the complexity of tax law, Board of Taxation chairman Dick Warburton says.

Writing in the Australian Financial Review, Mr Warburton says the government should close the gap between the top income tax rate and the company rate.

Many wealthy Australians try to conceal their personal income as company income to take advantage of lower corporate tax rates.

Mr Warburton, who recently co-authored a review of Australia's tax system for Treasurer Peter Costello, said distortions in Australia's tax system were becoming critical.

"Much of this has arisen because of the arbitrage between the top marginal income tax rate and the corporate tax rate," he wrote.

"Laws written to try to close loopholes have required more laws to be written.

"Closing that gap ... not only makes Australia more competitive but reduces the very unproductive industry that strives to turn personal income into company income."

[ Last edited by horseanddragon on 2006-4-19 at 07:24 PM ]

courier

把threshold一下子提高到1M最皆大欢喜，嘎嘎

好消息

袋鼠

这只是一个人的说法而已，离真正实施还差得很远。

BOC

没错，类似的建议多了去了，最后是否实施还得看老霍和老科是否点头

好消息

清风浅韵

何时才能通过阿

bctransit

其实一年前就以前 proposed 了:
1 July 2005         1 July 2006(Proposed) Tax Rate
$                 $                 %
0 – 6,000                 0 – 6,000                 0
6,001 – 21,600         6,001 – 21,600         15
21,601 – 63,000         21,601 – 70,000         30
63,001 – 95,000         70,001 –125,000         42
95,001 +                 125,001 +                 47
Medicare Levy also applies

西边雨

这个没多大的变化

酷的

Changing the top rate to 30% will make sense.

人在江湖

30%, no way.

澳洲是个老龄化国家, 每年政府都要用大笔的钱去养老.
还有医疗, 福利系统这些庞大的支出都得从TAX上来, 那么大幅度的减税, 政府不成穷光蛋了. 真要是减这么多税, 我怕整个福利系统都要瘫痪了. 穷人没人管, 那时罪案怕要几何级数增加.

再说, 逃税的人, 不会因为你减税了, 就不逃了. 做生意的人, 都想把自己的利益最大化. 能少交就少交, 不交就更好了. 你就是1%, 他们都不想交. 就象在中国, 想通过高薪养廉, 结果是, 越养, 胃口就越大.

真正的有钱人有多少人会老老实实交税.他们养这么多律师,会计师用来干什么的.  47% , 30%对他们来说都是一样-- 反正他们也没想要交多少税.

真正交这些47%税的一般就是什么金领,银领, 想闹也闹不起来.  政府干嘛要放过.

西边雨

今天看到一则新闻，税务局打算对开luxury car的家庭进行审计，看他们交了多少税

水晶靴

Posh car probe: owners face audit

Owners of luxury cars face audits by the Australian Taxation Office to determine if they are avoiding paying tax.

The tax office today will announce a nationwide investigation into people who buy fancy vehicles, a newspaper report said.

Tax auditors will use data-matching technology to compare a list of Australia's luxury car owners against their declared incomes.

The tax office would not comment on the investigation but unnamed sources said that the audit would target the owners of cars worth more than $55,000 because some convicted tax evaders had tried to hide their money in luxury vehicles.

The audit would also alert the tax office to anyone involved in illegal businesses, the report said.

Happybanana

上次参加了个Event说是也有人建议采用Flat Rate，不管对公司或者个人；但是否被澳洲政府采纳又是另外一回事了。。。

小猪

只是对高薪的人有优惠，低薪的人变化不大．

Natural

小猪  在 2006-4-28 07:42 PM 发表:

只是对高薪的人有优惠，低薪的人变化不大．

就是，要达到那个top的级别还是少数人