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Tax Early

Post by Bafana » Sat, 15 Jul 2006 11:24 pm

Anyone else get there Tax Bill early this year???

Usually get mine in September for payment in October but it turned up last week and is gonna screw heavily with my budget. Sending money home, credit cards, etc. Suppose its onto Maggie Mie noddles for the whole of next month :wink:
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Post by Fantastic » Tue, 18 Jul 2006 9:58 pm

Got mine today.
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Post by Matney » Wed, 19 Jul 2006 8:01 pm

Still waiting. Husband called in May asking when to expect the bill and was told September. Peanut Butter is good, too! :wink:

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Post by k1w1 » Thu, 20 Jul 2006 11:42 am

Or you can opt to pay in interest-free installments. I frickin hate tax bills.

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Post by Bafana » Thu, 20 Jul 2006 2:28 pm

Rang them yesterday and they have given me a 1 month extension so not such a drama anymore (I like to pay it in one hit lah)

Tax suxs bigtime - Still hell of a lot better here then in Aussie :cool:
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Re: Tax Early

Post by Wind In My Hair » Thu, 20 Jul 2006 3:18 pm

Bafana wrote:Suppose its onto Maggie Mie noddles for the whole of next month :wink:
if you eat enough of that, your hair will fall out. then you can save on shampoo too. your savings can be invested, and your dividend / rental income taxed again, so you can eat more Maggi Mee etc.

you see, all this is designed to make you rich! :cool:

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Post by Matney » Thu, 20 Jul 2006 4:10 pm

Haven't had to pay tax in Singapore yet....but it must be cheaper than Australia. Glad you were able to extend. :wink: [/quote]

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Post by renter » Fri, 21 Jul 2006 5:23 pm

see the whole picture regarding different tax systems in different countries.

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Post by sundaymorningstaple » Fri, 21 Jul 2006 5:59 pm

renter wrote:see the whole picture regarding different tax systems in different countries.
What was that supposee to mean? :???: Baf was just enquiring if anybody else had gotten their tax bill yet.

If you are talking about all taxes, well it's still cheaper here. Or at least you have the option to keep it cheaper because the taxes are mostly on the luxury goods here like cars, stamp duties and so forth and not a direct income tax like in aus. If it's on income you can't escape it. But you can lessen you tax impact here by adjusting your living style.
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Post by Wind In My Hair » Fri, 21 Jul 2006 6:40 pm

plus no capital gains tax here so you are not penalised for investing for your future.

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