Kingseat

Can anyone help at all?

I've found the calculators on the Tax site to be confusing as I have no idea about the levy tax that it is asking!

Anyway, here temporarily. Say I got a job for 20 hours per week at roughly $20 per hour. What tax would I pay (and anything else) out of that $20 per hour?

Thanks for any help!

Burbage

Depends how long you work for since tax is calculated over the year. Your employer is supposed to withhold tax under the PAYG scheme.

At $400 a week it won't come to much.

This is more complicated if you have a partner who is also earning a salary.

Kingseat

He'd be working 20 hours per week too but I am not sure what rate yet. Thanks for coming back to me.

Kingseat

Actually just found it. As a visitor it would appear that I pay 29 cents for every $ earned. No tax free amount just the straight 29/$1

Burbage

Hardly worth working.

Kingseat

I know!

Burbage

Of course, you only have to work for five minutes and Kevin Rudd will give you a couple of grand in the next handout.

emelems

He gave me about 3 grand as soon as I entered the country.. I kid you not!

Em x