An Everyday Aussie's Guide to Personal Tax Rates

By Muriel Oliver

A tremendous amount of tax planning in Australia focuses on personal marginal tax rates. This book has been written to explain the operation of the system in a detailed way with step-by-step examples to assist the everyday user to understand the concepts better.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Muriel Oliver
• Release date: Feb 28, 2016
• ISBN: 9781310353826

Muriel Oliver

Muriel has over thirty years’ experience in Accounting, Taxation and Client advisory including over twenty years’ experience in Australia, initially working for Arthur Andersen and is currently a Director of Primarius Financial Solutions, based in Perth.Prior to this she worked in South Africa, Botswana and Hong Kong, having sold her first firm to KPMG in 1989. Muriel's experience covers a wide range of industries, with extensive experience in the accounting profession as well as having worked in commerce as well.Muriel enjoys using her experience and knowledge to find solutions for clients that meet their needs and add value not only to their business, but also to their overall personal financial position.Over the years she has been searching for ways to simplify concepts for clients and to that end has started writing books on various subjects in an attempt to demystify many of the key concepts.She is currently working on a Doctorate of Business Administration focusing on Business Models, Strategy and the family Business.Muriel is a strong advocate of quality systems and procedures to create and maintain sustainable businesses.She is a wife, mother and grandmother and enjoys travelling and playing golf with her husband and spending time with her family.

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An Everyday Aussie’s Guide

To Personal Tax Rates

An Everyday Aussie’s Guide to Personal Tax Rates

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An Everyday Aussie’s Guide to Personal Tax Rates published by Muriel Oliver at Smashwords

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Dedication

This book is dedicated to my many clients over the years who asked for more relevant, succinct and useful information to apply to their own financial situation. Whilst there are many complex and highly technical books available, these mini e-books have been penned with you in mind, and the goal of bridging the information gap with the necessary information to assist you.

Acknowledgements

I would like to thank my husband Alan Oliver, for being my sounding board, ever supportive and patient no matter how many times I ask him the same question in a hundred different ways. Thanks to Matthew Oliver and Imogen Argile and our wonderful team and for their assistance. I’d also like to thank our supportive friends and clients, who have encouraged and inspired me over the years, to strive to help people better understand their own financial situation.

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Contents

Chapter 1 - Introduction

Chapter 2 - Types of Tax

Chapter 3 - Other Income Tax concepts

Chapter 4 - Basic Income Tax Rates

Chapter 5 - Responsibilities of Taxpayers in Australia

Chapter 6 - Applying income tax rates in practice

Chapter 7 - Tax Rates Summarised

Chapter 8 - Other Considerations for Individual Taxpayers

Chapter 9 - A quick word on entity tax

Chapter 10 - Using Entities

Disclaimer

Frequently Asked Questions - FAQ

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Chapter 1 - Introduction

Over the years so many people have asked me if there is somewhere that they can read up