the alternative chat room

hi everybody......ok i cannot get in to the chat room, and those who can, seem to be getting as insensed as i am that nobody is ever there to talk to them anyway.....daem.....s i seeu there, so am just saying Hello.
u said yr in australia, hmm not far if u take the short cut through the centre !!

hi to all those others in there.
:silly:
suzan

You are right suzan, this forum is a good way to chat and make friends

Karl

Hello Suzan,
There is almost never seem to be anybody in that chat room. LOL. Um, yes, I am from Australia. And, about this \"hmm not far if u take the short cut through the centre !!\", where would that lead me to? Another boring chat room. LOL :blink:

i was talking through the earth and out the other side:silly:

i note you moved from usa,....how you finding it?

does the goverment there give support to people who have a disability?

Compare the Centrelink here in Australia with the American Government, it is extremely poor and stingy in Australia. In fact, because of the poor support for the disabled folks here I am seriously thinking of going back to USA.
First of all, I will not be entitle to any benefits whatsoever for at least two full years after my visa was granted, which was only a few months ago. Secondly, they wanted me to pay them over 30% each year plus late payment penalty and interest of my disability income from USA as personal income tax during the previous two years that I resided in Australia. I am consulting a tax attorney and hopefully, I will get the Australian Government to somehow compromise with me. Because there is no way that I can come up with the money. Thirdly, even if I get my income tax somehow mysteriously settle with the Australian government, I will still have to pay 30+% each and every single year.
When I was in USA, I did not have to pay a single penny for personal income tax! The Australian Government wants you to pay them income tax base on the AMOUNT that you earn, whereas the American Government base it on how you earn it as much as the amount.
But the one of the main reason I immigrated here is because I found the Aussies much less prejudice and much more accepting of the disabled than people in USA.

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hi demon, blimey that all sounds really complicated !!

so the ausstlian govmnt want tax on themoney you received from USA benefit, for the time when you were in Australia before, and at a 30%tax rate????? was that with a visitors visa??? that all seems a bit steep. .......

and they tax income (aany) at that rate no matter where the money comes from. Is that wot u said?

Do he Austrlian Government have any benefit system, for sick or disabled ? If so is that taxed too?

its a shame that youre having this problem, especially as you moved there, because you liked the attitude of the people.

it seems the world over that governments are about making money, and supporting those international businesses that are slowly owning the planet.

allways the little people at the bottom who suffer.

hmm, am depressing myself !! take care :silly:

hi demon, blimey that all sounds really complicated !!

so the ausstlian govmnt want tax on themoney you received from USA benefit, for the time when you were in Australia before, and at a 30%tax rate????? was that with a visitors visa??? that all seems a bit steep. .......

Yep. Apparently the Aussie government's taxation system base heavily on HOW MUCH you earn, and they don't really care where the money comes from or under what circumstances you receive your income. And they don't care about your immigration status either. According to my tax attorney, as long as you have been here in Australia for six months continuously, then you will be assessed for personal income tax. But they do take into account the amount of tax you are paying already at the other country. So, for example if I am paying 10% income tax in USA, then my income tax here will only be 20%. But since my personal income tax in USA is ZERO, my income tax here will be the full 30% plus late penalty and interest, etc.

and they tax income (aany) at that rate no matter where the money comes from. Is that wot u said?

Yep!

Do he Austrlian Government have any benefit system, for sick or disabled ? If so is that taxed too?

I am sure they do, but I will not be eligible to apply for at least two years. I just came back from the Centrelink's office a few weeks ago, and that's what they told me. Furthermore, what I will be eligible for will be very minimal since I did not have any income from Australia at all.

its a shame that youre having this problem, especially as you moved there, because you liked the attitude of the people.

it seems the world over that governments are about making money, and supporting those international businesses that are slowly owning the planet.

Well, at least in USA, they did not tax me a single penny, because they determine your tax base on where your money comes from and under what circumstances.

allways the little people at the bottom who suffer.

hmm, am depressing myself !! take care

I'd probably be found using the chat room around: 00:00 - 06:00 a.m., Uk time.

As I often can't sleep in the night