Note to...
Sep. 28th, 2010 07:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elfinblazeDear Australian Tax Office,
Tax Returns would be so much easier to fill out if you let me at it.
No, really.
Name, Address, Tax File Number, etc.
- How much did you earn in the past year?
- Tick the deductions you wish to include.
- Do you have private health insurance?
- Do you have a partner?
- List the ages and incomes of your dependent children.
Continue in that manner and let the computer sort it all out.
See? Simple.
None of this: Were you in a relationship for any part of the last financial year? Go to section J15. If you were in a relationship for any part of the last financial year but your combined income was below yadayada amount, go to section X8. If your income was above yadayada amount, and you weren't in a relationship go to Section Z16. This doesn't include you if you have private health insurance, in which case you need to fill out Section Y10, part 4.
AAAAAAAAARGH! Australian efficiency!
Or lack thereof.
Can you tell I've started doing my tax today? At work, because I'm too lazy at home.
And don't even get me started on the bit that tells me I need to fill out the section if I ticked something earlier, but then has no part of it that actually applies to me! ò_ó
I did have some fun with it, though.
I scanned this bit, because it still gives me a thrill to read. It's only been two years since same-sex couples were considered couples for tax purposes. It used to say "person of the opposite sex" for partner, so at least some progress has been made.
Of course, as soon as I scanned it I started adding categories in my guide booklet:
Just in case anyone gets the idea of adding Edward Cullen or their horse.
I was giggling so much over that, that my boss threatened to make me reconcile our accounts if I was having so much fun with my tax. XD
But really, it's nothing unusual. I often get the urge to add stuff to official documents. Including patient correspondence:
I don't actually write those kind of things in, of course, but my head is certainly an interesting place to be sometimes.
Tax Returns would be so much easier to fill out if you let me at it.
No, really.
Name, Address, Tax File Number, etc.
- How much did you earn in the past year?
- Tick the deductions you wish to include.
- Do you have private health insurance?
- Do you have a partner?
- List the ages and incomes of your dependent children.
Continue in that manner and let the computer sort it all out.
See? Simple.
None of this: Were you in a relationship for any part of the last financial year? Go to section J15. If you were in a relationship for any part of the last financial year but your combined income was below yadayada amount, go to section X8. If your income was above yadayada amount, and you weren't in a relationship go to Section Z16. This doesn't include you if you have private health insurance, in which case you need to fill out Section Y10, part 4.
AAAAAAAAARGH! Australian efficiency!
Or lack thereof.
Can you tell I've started doing my tax today? At work, because I'm too lazy at home.
And don't even get me started on the bit that tells me I need to fill out the section if I ticked something earlier, but then has no part of it that actually applies to me! ò_ó
I did have some fun with it, though.
I scanned this bit, because it still gives me a thrill to read. It's only been two years since same-sex couples were considered couples for tax purposes. It used to say "person of the opposite sex" for partner, so at least some progress has been made.
Of course, as soon as I scanned it I started adding categories in my guide booklet:
Just in case anyone gets the idea of adding Edward Cullen or their horse.
I was giggling so much over that, that my boss threatened to make me reconcile our accounts if I was having so much fun with my tax. XD
But really, it's nothing unusual. I often get the urge to add stuff to official documents. Including patient correspondence:
I don't actually write those kind of things in, of course, but my head is certainly an interesting place to be sometimes.
