tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2460807553657799006.post2259371008504327661..comments2010-09-12T12:42:02.442-07:00Comments on Resource Rent Tax Australia | Tax Abuse | Carbon Tax: Fear to scare us into submissionAndrew Sheldonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15469120006156639030noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2460807553657799006.post-35766210619341772732008-05-20T05:18:00.000-07:002008-05-20T05:18:00.000-07:00Thanks Funky. Its a good point. I guess if they ha...Thanks Funky. Its a good point. I guess if they had courses now, I wouldn't attend. I dont want to know how to be a better slave to a worse system.Andrew Sheldonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15469120006156639030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2460807553657799006.post-7778334993440150402008-03-28T19:44:00.000-07:002008-03-28T19:44:00.000-07:00thing that I think is really funny is that at scho...thing that I think is really funny is that at school (australian) we were never taught that we had to pay tax, nor were we ever taught how to. Yet when we leave school and get a job we are somehow majically meant to know how the taxation system works.<BR/><BR/>And if you choose to learn how to pay their taxes you have to learn it at your own time and expense.<BR/>Its like having to take an expensive course for the priveledge of learning how to give your money to another.<BR/><BR/>Whats more even though you were never taught how to pay tax you can still be jailed for not doing so.<BR/><BR/>imagine tomorrow that the government decided that not picking up your free newpaper on your driveway was a crime but chose not to tell anyone that except for those that have access to a state libraies legal books. we would all be slowing getting put in jail and only after we had all seen someone jailed would we know that it was a crime.<BR/><BR/>If you want people to pay tax then teach them how to do it. But I suppose if people actually understood the taxation system then everyone would know how to minimise what they pay. and the government wouldnt be happy with that.<BR/><BR/>I say calculate how much tax you would have been required to pay then donate that tax dirrectly to the institutions that you would require service from (like your hospital, school etc) then deduct that donation from your tax bill. then you can cut out the middle man and directly benifit from your own money.<BR/><BR/>money generated from an area should stay in that area. its stupid that someone who lives in a small country town may be contributing to a highway in an area that they will never go to. and if those people work hard why should they subsidise othersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com