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Alexander Sanchez

This Month

Treasurer Jim Chalmers. Faced with any form of tax reform proposal, the inevitable answer becomes: it is a “cost” to the budget.

MYEFO should count the benefits of tax cuts, not just the cost

The PBO’s presentation of cuts to taxes as a cost to the budget dogs the tax reform debate with an over-emphasis on redistribution and revenue, rather than growth and prosperity.

November

Customers at the Commonwealth Bank ATM in Hay, NSW, on Sunday.

A levy to help rural banking is also a tax on innovation

The quest to leave no one behind in the regions cannot come at the expense of working households in the outer suburbs and elsewhere.

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