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Dictionary: Taxes

ABN (n) Australian Business Number
A tax number that qualifies you as a business.
GST Goods and Services Tax
ten percent nationwide
impost (n) customs duty; tax penalty; race horse handicap weight
 
imputation (adj) way of avoiding double taxation on dividends
See section on franking credits.
rates (n) property taxes
 
rationalisation (v) To eliminate equipment or staff to make a business more efficient.
 
superannuation, super (n) retirement fund
 
TFN (n) Tax File Number
equivalent to Social Security Number
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