Monthly Archive for February, 2010

Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Income Tax Return from 1913

Day 28 of 28 Days of Tax Data

From Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Tax return from 1913 (the first year of income tax was assessed in the United States)

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Australian Tax Collection since 1902

Day 27 of 28 Days of Tax Data

From Australia’s future tax system

Graph show the % of GDP collected in taxes.

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Income Transfers and Taxes for an Australian family

Day 26 of 28 Days of Tax Data

From Australia’s future tax system

Transfers and taxes by level of income for a single income family, two children aged 3 and 8 (2008?09) The area on the top half of the graph is the money transfered to the family while the bottom half shows the taxes paid by the family.

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Measuring the size of the Government

Day 25 of 28 Days of Tax Data

From Australia’s future tax system

If a country is above the line then its income is greater than its spending. Below the line then its spending is greater than its income.

Size of government — OECD 2007

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Australia’s top 10 taxes generate 90 percent of their revenue

Day 24 of 28 Days of Tax Data

From Australia’s future tax system

90 percent of the tax revenue collected by the Australian government (including the state and local government) came from 10 taxes:

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Diagram of Australia’s Tax System

Day 23 of 28 Days of Tax Data

From Australia’s future tax system

This chart

provides a schematic representation of Australia’s tax?transfer system, illustrating the way in which it impacts on individuals’ economic behaviour. It also depicts the elements of the tax?transfer system that are relevant to the operations of Australian businesses. This is indicated by the light blue background shading to the tax elements of the chart. The chart is not intended to be a comprehensive representation of the tax?transfer system. Instead it summarises the major elements of the system and the key linkages between them.


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