[Dublo7]

So Kevin Rudd has announced that people/students/parents with an income of up to 80,000 dollars will receive a 950 dollar bonus. The payments are supposedly being released next month, and its "goal" is to get people spending to boost the economy.

Will you be spending any of this money on headphones?

I may finally be able to pick up my Beyerdynamic DT880's

 

[sdcloud69]

how about if your income is $0 but you're a student?

 

[Maxvla]

If it is similar to the US, you have to file a tax return in order to be eligible.

If you make 0 money you would have nothing to file.

Australia may do it completely different though.

 

[mattcalf]

I might be eligable. I'm a student, and earning less then $80000. $900, I'll spend on a RSA P51 and an EMU 0404.

If I get it. Which I'm sceptical.

 

[Caution]

Oh shiz! I didn't know about this. It sounds too good to be true...

 

[triode12]

No. Times are tough and I am happy with my rig.

Will save it for when the AUD gets stronger in the future.

 

[Suntory_Times]

I'm as tudent and recently stopped working as I couldn't afford to keep working (once tax was included in the equation I was only a few $ better per hour I worked). In my mind I was better of forgoing those few dollars and studying instead (which I in fact did do).

Anyway, hopefully I get the bonus, and it'll not be going into headphones or anything else fun. rather it'll be helping pay for some of my texts (which are bloody ridiculously expensive) and paying for some of my student debt. (Maybe I'm bieng a bit harsh as I do enojy what I study, I just don't enjoy paying $110 for a text, gggrrrrrrr).

Does anyone know how you qualify, or make yourself qualify (is there a form or something similiar to fill out or if centerlink is already paying you will we just get one mamoth payement all of a sudden

). Any help would be great. (one one note, I think this is a terrible way for the government to spend money as it will not in the mid-run help at all).

 

[Geruvah]

Quote:

Originally Posted by sdcloud69 /img/forum/go_quote.gif how about if your income is $0 but you're a student?

You get double the amount since you need it more.

 

[Suntory_Times]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Geruvah /img/forum/go_quote.gif You get double the amount since you need it more.

If only.....

 

[bowraboy]

Should spend it in Australia.

Looks like Headphonic's going to get the money.

 

[m0ofassa]

maybe a hd600 or a dac...

 

[bowraboy]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Suntory_Times /img/forum/go_quote.gif Does anyone know how you qualify, or make yourself qualify (is there a form or something similiar to fill out or if centerlink is already paying you will we just get one mamoth payement all of a sudden ). Any help would be great. (one one note, I think this is a terrible way for the government to spend money as it will not in the mid-run help at all).

If you with Centrelink it will just happen automatically with one of your payments.

Added: I think it's just to get money into the economy and is only meant to be a short term thing anyway.

 

[Caution]

Quote:

A lump-sum payment of up to $950 will be made to eligible taxpayers from April 2009. The bonus will be available to Australian resident taxpayers who paid tax in the 2007-08 financial year after taking into account available tax offsets and credits.

Damn Doesn't look like I qualify, as I was under the tax cut off ):

 

[bowraboy]

Hey Caution,

How's that Earmax going?

 

[Caution]

Hey there! It's going awesome, the NOS tubes I got for them a while ago made quite a big improvement