TaxPack is a booklet issued by the
Australian Taxation Office
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is an Australian statutory agency and the principal revenue collection body for the Australian Government. The ATO has responsibility for administering the Taxation in Australia, Australian federal taxation ...
to assist individuals complete their
income tax
An income tax is a tax imposed on individuals or entities (taxpayers) in respect of the income or profits earned by them (commonly called taxable income). Income tax generally is computed as the product of a tax rate times the taxable income. Tax ...
return
Return may refer to:
In business, economics, and finance
* Return on investment (ROI), the financial gain after an expense.
* Rate of return, the financial term for the profit or loss derived from an investment
* Tax return, a blank document or t ...
.
It comes in a different edition for each year entitled for example TaxPack 2007. An associated booklet is the TaxPack supplement with extra tax items not needed by 80% of taxpayers.
Another version is called TaxPack for retirees.
It can take 8½ hours to read through the tax pack and complete the forms.
Annual Tax Pack ritual is just poor form - Opinion - smh.com.au
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4,800,000 copies of taxPack 2000 were produced along with 1,300,000 copies of the supplement. In 1998, 5,800,000 copies were printed. It had 124 pages with the 1997 edition having 140 pages. The 60 page supplement was split off in 1998 to reduce the size of TaxPack. Although TaxPack is still being produced, it was being replaced by a PC software package called E-tax but has since been migrated to the online platform myGov.
See also
* Taxation in Australia
References
External links
TaxPack
Keyword listing at the ATO website
Income tax in Australia
Tax forms
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