These are the aussie
Tax rates 2006-07
Taxable income Tax on this income
$0 – $6,000 Nil
$6,001 – $25,000 15c for each $1 over $6,000
$25,001 – $75,000 $2,850 plus 30c for each $1 over $25,000
$75,001 – $150,000 $17,850 plus 40c for each $1 over $75,000
Over $150,000 $47,850 plus 45c for each $1 over $150,000
add 1.5% of your assessed tax as Medicare levy.
You can get a decent accountant to work out legal dodges like a second rental house etc ,salary sacrifice to bring down your pre tax income etc
Basically the cost of living compared to the UK is cheap, you will pay one aus dollar for what you can buy for a pound over there. ie a cup of coffee in west aus is $3, a pick up pizza is about $7. Decent Beer is $49 a carton of 24. A pint in a west oz pub is about $6 in Perth $ 8 in the north. A rub a and tug in the knocking shop is about $150- 200, doctors visit about $50, penicillin $ 25.
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