| TAX
INVOICE (GST) |
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An invoice showing certain details set out in the legislation
and which is used for GST purposes. Such a document can, of
course, also be used for ordinary business purposes |
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| TAXABLE
ACTIVITY (GST) |
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Any
supply of goods or services for a payment, whether in cash or
kind. |
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| TAXABLE
INCOME |
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A taxpayer's assessable income less the allowable deductions. |
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| TAXABLE
SUPPLIES (GST) |
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Supplies
made by a registered entity in the course of an enterprise,
but excluding GST?free supplies and input taxed supplies. |
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| TAXATION
COMMISSIONER |
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The official charged with administering the income
tax and GST legislation in Australia. |
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| TENANCY
IN-COMMON |
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The ownership of land by two or more persons collectively
in such a way that on the death of one the ownership of a
designated proportion of the property (not necessarily an
equal share) passes to his heirs (contrast "joint tenancy").
A tenant in-common is one of the co-owners and not a "tenant"
in the sense of "lessee".
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| TERRA
NULLIUS |
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Uninhabited
land. |
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| TIME
SHARE |
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A special form of dividing land into units each
of which gives occupation rights for a designated period -for
example, a specifled week - each year. |
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| TITLE |
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The right to ownership of land; or the document
(the "certificate of title") which evidences such ownership
under the Torrens system. |
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| TITLES
OFFICE |
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The State Government authority which maintains
the official registers showing the legal ownership of land and
brief details of charges secured on land and which issues documents
of title. |
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| TORRENS
TITLE |
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Title to land evidenced by an entry in a government
register kept at the Titles Office and the issue of a certificate.
(The Torrens system is named after its inventor in about 1858,
Sir Robert Torrens, the first premier of South Australia.) See
also "General Law Title". |
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| TRANSFER
OF LAND |
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A document notifying the change of ownership
of land which is forwarded to the Titles Office to allow its
register and the Certificate of Title to be suitably amended. |
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| TURNOVER
(GST) |
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Taxable supplies and GST?free supplies, but not
input taxed supplies. For property owners this means that residential
rents are disregarded, while for stock exchange investors it
means that dividends and interest are disregarded. |
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