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  • Profile photo of cromulentglackcromulentglack
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    Yes as my profile will imply im 23. Im trying, on the internet, to find the data base where the tax rules or codes of australia exist. Merely australia because that is where i live. I want to begin building assets but as part of a plan i also want to read the tax codes/rules i order to understand how they opperate. Im smart enough to know the government wouldn’t want the average person knowing anything, and also smart enough to know that they legally would be available to eny citizen. Any help would be appreciated.

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    Profile photo of Paul DobsonPaul Dobson
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    Try http://www.ato.gov.au/

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    This is a starting point. But unless you plan on becoming a tax consultant it can get quite complex.

    Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

    http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/itaa1936240/

    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

    http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/itaa1997240/index.html

    To give you an example taxation legislation for 2005 includes

    Tax Laws Amendment (Personal Income Tax Reduction) Act 2005
    Tax Laws Amendment (2005 Measures No. 2) Act 2005 Tax Laws Amendment (2005 Measures No. 1) Act 2005
    Tax Laws Amendment (Improvements to Self Assessment) Act (No. 1) 2005
    New International Tax Arrangements (Foreign-owned Branches and Other Measures) Act 2005
    Tax Laws Amendment (2005 Measures No. 3) Act 2005
    Tax Laws Amendment (Medicare Levy and Medicare Levy Surcharge) Act 2005 (62 of 2005)
    Tax Laws Amendment (2004 Measures No. 7) Act 2005 Tax Laws Amendment (2004 Measures No. 6) Act 2005
    Tax Laws Amendment (Long-term Non-reviewable Contracts) Act 2005
    Income Tax Amendment Regulations 2005 (No. 6)
    Taxation Administration Amendment Regulations 2005 (No. 2)
    Income Tax Amendment Regulations 2005 (No. 5) Income Tax Amendment Regulations 2005 (No. 4) Income Tax Amendment Regulations 2005 (No. 3)Taxation Administration Amendment Regulations 2005 (No. 1)
    Income Tax Assessment Amendment Regulations 2005 (No. 3)
    Income Tax Assessment Amendment Regulations 2005 (No. 2)
    Income Tax Amendment Regulations 2005 (No. 2)
    Income Tax Amendment Regulations 2005 (No. 1)
    Income Tax Assessment Amendment Regulations 2005 (No. 1)

    This excludes fringe benefits tax, Superannuation, ATO Interpretive Decisions, ATO Case Decision Summaries, Case Judgements, ATO Rulings and Determinations, Bulletins, Practice Statements, etc.

    Yes the legislation is available. Unless you want to practice in it why bother reading it. I only bother because its my profession. If I wasnt in the profession Id be reading something more interesting like a decent novel on a beach with a decent scotch.

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