This Month
‘Can’t sit on the sidelines’: WA government preparing for GST fight
The WA government is mulling plans to defend its favourable GST deal, vowing not to be a passive observer as pressure mounts to overhaul the system.
Why we need a tax on private schools and health insurance
It is odd that many who talk about wanting more tax revenue to come from the GST would balk at the easiest services to broaden it to.
Why GST on private schools shouldn’t be on Chalmers’ roundtable agenda
The notion of a GST on school fees has little, if anything, to do with productivity.
Yoghurt’s tax-free, unless it’s frozen: Calls grow to fix the GST
CSL chairman Brian McNamee says myriad carve-outs mean “half the economy” isn’t captured, while Woolworths says compliance is a big burden for business.
Time to root out Australia’s tax system rot
Fixing the most damaging parts of our tax system won’t be painless, but it’s necessary to stop the nation sliding further behind.
Why Labor should stop worrying and raise the GST
Shifting the tax mix from income to consumption is primarily about higher saving – and, thereby, investment, productivity, wages and ultimately living standards.
PM indicates no change to GST ahead of economic summit
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has tamped down expectations for tax reform, saying next month’s productivity roundtable should not be overtaken by a tax debate.
June
Taylor: Lower spending not higher GST best way to fund tax reform
Coalition frontbencher Angus Taylor has signalled a reluctance to contemplate changes to the rate of the 25-year-old goods and services tax.
Lowe backs GST, company tax shake-up
Former Reserve Bank governor urges the Albanese government to embark on an ambitious overhaul of tax and policy settings to make Australia a great place to invest.
Fix Howard’s problematic GST deal, Hewson urges Chalmers
The architect of the Liberal Party’s first GST policy says a rethink of federal-state responsibilities needs to be part of a tax reform agenda.
Chalmers pushes back on states over GST reform
The treasurer wants a national view of tax reform ideas at his productivity roundtable, while the states continue to squabble over their share of GST.
GST fix requires bigger tax rethink
Rather than playing beggar thy neighbour over the GST, state premiers and treasurers should demand that genuine reform be on the table in two months.
States reject Queensland push to link disability support to GST reform
Premiers of Victoria and Western Australia reject “adversarial” approach to use disability funding as “bargaining chip” on GST distribution.
GST top pick for Chalmers to fund income tax cuts
Economists say the federal government will need to consider raising or broadening the GST to meaningfully reduce the rising income tax burden.
Chalmers’ super tax will send productivity backwards
Taxing unrealised gains in superannuation will not deliver the Hawke-Keating style reform that is desperately needed.
NDIS savings in doubt as Qld doubles down on GST fight
The Queensland treasurer says he will only consider the federal government’s plan to share the NDIS load if the GST carve-up is also on the negotiating table.
Howard and Costello: This is how you do tax reform, Jim
John Howard and Peter Costello have weighed in on Jim Chalmers’ productivity and tax agenda, 25 years after implementing the GST.
‘No one liked it’: Lessons for tax reform after 25 years of GST
The bitter brawl over the goods and services tax is worth remembering as Jim Chalmers opens the door to real reform for the first time in years.
Henry tells Chalmers to stop ‘fiddling’ and launch into tax reform
The Albanese government could raise a $50 billion tax on fossil fuel exports and up the GST to lower company and income taxes, the former Treasury head argues.
Three reasons why you should ‘chill out’ over Labor’s super tax
The super tax on unrealised gains is part of the long-overdue and necessary process of tax reform that many have been urging over decades.