Negative income tax notion has long been popular in some circles, its implementation has never been politically feasible. This is partly because of the very complex and entrenched nature of most countries' current tax laws: they would have to be rewritten under any NIT system. However, some countries have seen the introduction of refundable (or non-wastable) tax credits which can be paid even when there is no tax liability to be offset, such as the Earned Income Tax Credit in the United States and working tax credit in the UK. In 1971, President Richard Nixon proposed a negative income tax as the centerpiece
Income tax in Australia on annual turnover. Generally, capital gains are only subject to tax at the time the gain is realised and are reduced by 50% if the capital asset sold was held for more than 1 year. In Australia the financial year runs from 1 July to 30 June of the following year. The first income tax in Australia was imposed in 1902 by Queensland. Federal income tax was first introduced in 1915, as a wartime measure to help fund Australia’s war effort in the First World War. Between 1915 and 1942, income taxes were levied by both State governments and the