Cost of living

[parsonsbigfamilyadventure]

Hi all I know this is a difficult question, but you guys that have gone over recently can you tell me about deduction ie income tax is it the same as the uk, are there any deductions taken from your wages fori Medicare, also how much roughly does it cost to visit the doctors and also percription cost

Thanks

Johanne

[Stuju]

Hi,
I can tell you that here in NSW i went to the docs last august and my consultation was $50 i then went to medicare and got approx $37.00 back - my prescription which included a repeat as well cost me $20.00

Tax on wages is approx 25 - 26% but does depend on how much you earn, once you earn over $60,000 it goes up. If you are employed the company you work for pay approx 9% of your wage every week into supperanuation fund. Everbody who works has to do a tax return (think in June) and my hubby says you get fined if you dont.
Hope this helps a bit

[ali]

Hiya,

Trying to work the system out and understand my pay slip!! I have supperanuation (is that how you spell it??) deducted and tax. I'm going to look into salary packaging because I'm a nurse I can have some money deducted from my salary before tax to go towards my mortage for example, so that I pay less tax.

There's no national insurance equivalent - you pay to see the dr.