LESSON 20.3 SkillBuilder: Investigating
LEARNING INTENTION By the end of this SkillBuilder you should be able to develop and apply questions to investigate contemporary economic, business, work or ýnancial issues and system.
20.3.1 Tell me While studying Economics and Business, you will develop and use a range of questions to form the basis of an investigation. The following steps are a useful guide to the process of writing questions to form the basis of an investigation. • Develop a series of speciýc questions that will help guide your research in the appropriate direction, and help you determine the information you need. • Locate appropriate sources of that information. • Record relevant information from a range of sources. • Present the information in an appropriate form. 20.3.2 Showme Imagine you have been presented with the following information on tax rates during 2024–25.
Resident tax rates 2024–25 Taxable income
Tax on this income
0–$18200
Nil
$18 201–$45 000 $45 001–$135 000 $135 001–$190 000 $190 001 and over
16c for each $1 over $18 200
$4288 plus 30c for each $1 over $45 000 $31288 plus 37c for each $1 over $135 000 $51 638 plus 45c for each $1 over $190 000
Your ýrst step is to create a list of questions that you have about this information. You may be wondering about the following: 1. What are the tax rates now? 2. Does everyone pay tax at these rates? 3. Why do I need to pay tax? You can then start to think about how you might answer these questions. • The Australian Tax Ofýce website is a very good place to start. • You may also visit other government or current affairs websites for more information and even opinions. • You can then think about how to present the information in an appropriate form. 20.3.3 Letmedo it Using the process in section 20.3.2 as a model, devise a series of questions and carry out the research to produce a report on the following key question:
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