On Nationality
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| Originally published | 1995 |
| Authors | David Miller |
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| ID | 2466912 |
About On Nationality
Nationalism is a dominating force in contemporary politics, but political philosophers have been markedly reluctant to discuss, let alone endorse, nationalist ideas. In this book David Miller defends the principle of nationality. . . .
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Australia 'backpacker tax': British woman wins discrimination case
A British woman has won a legal battle against Australia's so-called " backpacker Com /person/tax-whois.html'>Tax " in a ruling that may have implications for other travellers.
Catherine Addy argued she was unfairly taxed on pay she earned while working as a waitress in Sydney in 2017.
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Other backpackers affected by the same rule have been waiting on the decision by Australia's highest court.
They may now be able to ask Australian authorities to review their Com /person/tax-whois.html'>Tax assessments.
The ruling relates to a working holiday Com /person/visa-whois.html'>Visa - known as the 417 - offered to foreigners aged between 18 and 31.
They are subject to a 15% Com /person/tax-whois.html'>Tax on income up to A$37,000 (£20,200; $27,500), which is paid from Com /person/the_first-whois.html'>The First dollar they earn.
This is a higher rate than for Australians, who get a Com /person/tax-whois.html'>Tax -free threshold of A$18,200.
Ms Addy's lawyers argued Com /person/the_rules-whois.html'>The Rules were at odds with an international " double Com /person/tax-whois.html'>Tax " agreement Australia has with Britain and several other nations. Citizens of those countries should be taxed like Australians, they Com /person/said-whois.html'>Said .
In a judgement delivered on Wednesday, Com /person/the_high-whois.html'>The High Court of Australia Com /person/said-whois.html'>Said : " The question is whether that more burdensome taxation was imposed on Ms Addy owing to her nationality. The short answer is yes. "
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) Com /person/said-whois.html'>Said the decision was only relevant in cases where the working holiday-maker had been resident in Australia for Com /person/tax-whois.html'>Tax purposes since 2017. It applied only to people from the UK, Germany, Israel, Japan, Norway, Finland, Tukey or Chile.
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The ATO had argued to Com /person/the_court-whois.html'>The Court that there was no discrimination based Com /person/on_nationality-whois.html'>On Nationality .
It had Com /person/said-whois.html'>Said the Com /person/tax-whois.html'>Tax was designed to help backpackers avoid the higher rates of Com /person/tax-whois.html'>Tax imposed on other foreign workers.
Ms Addy worked as a waitress in two Sydney pubs between January 2017 and May 2017 - earning A$26,576.
Court submissions Com /person/said-whois.html'>Said that while she had to pay Com /person/tax-whois.html'>Tax of A$3,986, when an Australian on the same income would have paid $1,591.
Taxback. Com - which helped Ms Addy bring the case - Com /person/said-whois.html'>Said the controversial Com /person/tax-whois.html'>Tax had been seen as a " disincentive to working holiday-makers to take up much-needed seasonal picking work while visiting Australia".
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