Any Polish people living in Australia

My whole theme is Australia. Trying to retrieve as much information as possible.

I am curious to find out anyone's experience with Australia, the Aussie people, the land, the food and work on a first hand basis.

If you live in Australia and are polish I would especially like to hear from you.

Thanks for the help.

I think you can ask lef from Australia...

Thanks everyone, I sent lef a note.

Curious what he says.

Thanks again for all your help.

K

I am was born in the land of the oz, both parents born in poland, both did not return to poland after the war.

Been to Poland 10 times, usa once, holy land once, know Australia inside out, ask any question and you will get no lie...

Tomek, I am living in Australia, (have Polish parents) feel free to ask any questions or advice.. I'm thinking about returning to Poland!

I have a question lef. How do they tax you in Australia?
1.How much do they take out from your paycheck,
2.how much do you pay for property taxes,
3.how much capital gain taxes when you sell property,
4.How much tax do you pay when buying in stores
In the US they tax you on everything you can think of. You buy a house, you pay taxes, buy anything pay taxes(Depending on the state, here it's 5.5%) you sell a house, you pay taxes (40% called capital gains) then you pay property taxes every year on property you own, then if you make a certain amount you pay the goverment more taxes.
You just can't win in the US with all those taxes. How is this situation in Australia?

Its a easy question to answer, but very hard to explain if you get the drift, Like all other things, there are two things certain in life, death and taxes.

The method is similar to that in the US, for a wage and salary earner, tax is taken out at the required rate by the employer, which is,

Taxable income
tax on this income

$0 – $6,000
Nil

$6,001 – $25,000
15c for each $1 over $6,000

$25,001 – $75,000
$2,850 plus 30c for each $1 over $25,000

$75,001 – $150,000
$17,850 plus 40c for each $1 over $75,000

Over $150,000
$47,850 plus 45c for each $1 over $150,000

ato.gov.au

When you live in the family home, you only pay the relevant council rates, (this includes garbage, parks and garden maintenance etc.. (approx $1000 on a average size property)

Capital gains. there is a sliding scale, you pay tax on the gain minus allowable deductions.

Buying stores well a bit complicated, we have a 10% GST on goods that meet the umbrella of the GST.

When you buy a property in Victoria ( a state of oz) you have to pay a tax ie, a average property worth approx 350,000A$ a tax of 26,000A$. (each state has different rules)

In short there are Federal government taxes, States taxes and local Goverment fees, I can only predict that the same type of fees and charges will hit Poland especially regarding profit from investments and local government charges.

I quess Krysia, if we had no money we wouldn't be complaining?

my situation is the same as Lef's, im sure between us we can be a wealth of information.

This is already embedded in the purchase price and not added on when you get to the til.