This Month
Chalmers digs in on negative gearing advice
Treasurer Jim Chalmers again hedged when questioned if he had asked officials to model changes to tax concessions for property investors.
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- Tom McIlroy
September
Moves to curb campus antisemitism risk academic freedom
Readers’ letters on potential risks to university independence; reforming the NDIS; InfraBuild’s finances; and the political cost of tax reform.
Labor won’t pursue negative gearing changes, Shorten predicts
The former Labor leader says he is sure the government won’t take changes to property investor tax breaks to the next election.
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- Negative gearing
Labor’s smoke and mirrors on housing
Jim Chalmers and Anthony Albanese face much tougher questions about their economic agenda than the confusion about negative gearing and capital gains taxes.
- Jennifer Hewett
- Opinion
- Letters to the Editor
A plea for genuine reform from a young taxpayer
Readers’ letters on the lack of meaningful policy thinking; misleading discounts; the plague of populism; training for accountants; attacks on Hezbollah; and Gina Rinehart’s email.
Three ideas to sharpen up the Business Council of Australia’s act
Curiously, given business bangs on about innovation all the time, the BCA has failed to get the memo.
- John Kunkel
PM yet to be convinced housing tax changes won’t hurt supply
The prime minister says Treasury is looking at ways to curb the use of negative gearing and capital gains tax, but it wasn’t his idea.
- Phillip Coorey
Albanese confirms negative gearing and CGT options under review
The prime minister says Treasury is looking at ways to curb their use, but refused to say whether it is at the federal government’s request.
- Phillip Coorey
How much tax people will pay under Labor’s super changes
Self-managed superannuation fund members with big balances will face an average tax bill of $50,000 under the government’s plan.
- Michelle Bowes
- Opinion
- Opinion
Gina Rinehart continues her father’s tax crusade
After years railing against the burden of government regulations, the iron ore billionaire is winning support for another key policy passion – lower taxes for northern Australians.
- Tony Boyd
With tax reform, there’s too much diagnosis and too few solutions
Readers’ letters on a better tax system; mortgage brokers; climate change; tradies’ pay; unpaid super; David Rowe’s cartoons; and the best auction tip.
August
- Opinion
- Letters to the Editor
Rent seekers flock to Future Made in Australia honeypot
Readers’ letters on knowing the true cost of Labor’s industry policy; new rules for tax agents; criticism of the AICD; and banks cutting term-deposit interest rates.
This simple change could solve Labor’s super tax problem
Financial advisers and accountants have launched a united front in trying to get Labor to drop the controversial policy increasing the tax paid by the richest super fund members.
- Hannah Wootton
The Tax Office goes to war with Seymour as Sayers goes big
While PwC tax divisions was mired in a paper war with the ATO, it transformed from a conservative accounting firm to hard-charging, hard-drinking company.
- Edmund Tadros
July
- Opinion
- Superannuation
Why the $3m super tax has turned into a mess
It may seem hard to argue against making people with high superannuation balances pay more tax, but implementing it is a dog’s breakfast.
- John Kehoe
Dominic Perrottet to join BHP in senior Washington role
The former NSW premier will join the Big Australian in Washington, heading up the miner’s external affairs in the United States.
- Tom Rabe
Labor urged to include tax havens in profit shifting crackdown
About 50 per cent of large US companies and multinationals from China, Japan, and Germany will be covered by the rules.
- Tom McIlroy
Only one country has a higher company tax rate than Australia
Economists say the effective average tax rate of 28.5 per cent on company income makes the country uncompetitive against global rivals and workers poorer.
- Michael Read
June
The areas most – and least – hit by Labor’s $3m super tax
Australians with super balances of more than $3 million are less likely to live in rural areas, according to new analysis, despite concerns about the tax focusing on farmers.
- Hannah Wootton
Top earners and companies bear record tax burden
Newly released ATO data reveals the top 1 per cent of earners are forking out almost one-fifth of personal tax revenue.
- Michael Read and Tom McIlroy