Personal Income Tax

Tax payers are generally required to pay a certain percentage of tax depending on their level of income. The following table shows how much tax is to be paid for particular ranges of income for the 2011/2012 financial year:

Whether a person's income is liable to be taxed depends on whether it is ordinary income, statutory income, exempt income, or non-assessable non-exempt income. Only ordinary and statutory incomes are assessable.

Ordinary Income

What may or may not be ordinary income may be a novel question in some circumstances, and Courts have established guidance by way of precedents throughout cases heard over the years.

Some relevant factors in helping to determine whether an amount is ordinary income include:

• Whether the payment is the product of any employment, services rendered or any businesses;

• The quality or character of the payment in the hands of the recipient;

• Whether the amount is received as a lump sum or periodically; and

• The motive of the person making the payment

Statutory Income

Statutory income is income specifically labelled as assessable income by legislation.

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