I assume “Other purposes” is govt kickbacks to mining and gas companies 😬

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    Another thing that’s great about aussie tax… you can fill it out yourself, it’s very easy, all online, and it takes a very short time. They also explain every question in the form and have lots of materials that you can read. For me, I finish it each year in about 10 minutes, and never think about it again.

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      In Norway, we just get it prefilled based on automatically reported data, and it’s delivered by default after a certain date - you can of course make changes up until then (and retroactively up to 3 years later).

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        It’s prefilled in Australia too, we just go through and double check it’s okay and then hit submit

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      In the UK tax is deducted ‘at source’ by your employer for anybody employed. You have a personal tax code, which tells your employer how much tax to deduct and pay on you behalf.

      You then have a number of allowances you can claim against if you are eligible, to reduce your tax, which issues you an updated tax code.