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Consolidated acts the current version of an act that incorporates all amendments made since the act was passed by parliament. Its major emphasis is on income tax as it applies to individual taxpayers, as this is currently the most significant source of government revenue. The further increase in taxation largely reflected australias involvement in the war and the introduction of government support programmes, such as the widows pension in 1942 and unemployment relief in 1944. Australia is a member of the organization for economic cooperation and development oecd, the world trade organization wto, the asia pacific economic cooperation apec and the g20. It explains how cases would be decided today and takes into account important recent changes in the law.
Our national constitution and the law define who can collect tax. Handbook course principles of australian taxation law. Many topics covered are worthy of a separate paper or, in fact, a book of their own. Executive programme tax laws and practice this study material has been published to aid the students in preparing for the tax laws and practice paper of the cs executive programme. Income taxes are the most significant form of taxation in australia, and collected by the federal government through the australian taxation office.
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