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Originally posted by Joe Sixpack@Jan 27 2004, 10:32 PM
If you paid tax on the full $100,000 you would be taxed about $35,350.
An additional 1.5% medicare levy is also payable.
Sales tax in the form of a GST is a flat 10% on most items.
For information on private health insurance go here: http://www.medibankprivate.com.au/
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YIKES! Federal income tax for a single person here would be $28K on the full $100K, leaving plenty of difference to pay for damn good quality health care here in the states.
Sales tax in GA is 3%. Counties and cities can add to that, but we live in one of the highest rated counties and it's 7% and there's no state sales tax on food and prescriptions.
Even WITHOUT including the extra cost of private insurance in Australia, based on someone making $100K a year, it would cost less to have private insurance coverage and pay whatever the plan didn't pay in the states than it would to get "free" coverage in Australia. Like I said, many in socialized medicine countries don't know any different.
