Company tax
Opinion
US Votes 2024
Hey, big spenders: The most profligate election campaign in US history
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are announcing new big-ticket election promises almost daily. Harris’ agenda appears less unaffordable than Trump’s.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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Mining
Do big miners pay their fair share?
Described as “the gift that keeps on giving”, Australia’s mineral wealth has made mine owners into multibillionaires. But at a time when we pay to import our own gas, are the spoils being shared fairly?
- by Angus Holland
Adam Bandt pledges to supersize corporate taxes
To sweeten the deal, the Greens say much of the revenue would pay for cost-of-living measures, such as including dental cover in Medicare.
- by James Massola
Tax breaks for distilleries open to ‘rorts and abuse’, government warned
Medium-sized distilleries say tax breaks for small spirits producers are an “existential threat” to their businesses.
- by Andrew Taylor
Opinion
US Votes 2024
Hey Big Spender! How Trump plans to step up America’s debt binge
The Republican Party’s platform for the November election is a 16-page document containing 20 policy measures. Oddly, there’s no word of debt or deficits anywhere.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Third-largest budget surplus soon to turn into a sea of red ink
Lower spending has helped the budget show the third-largest surplus on record. But it is likely the nation’s finances will shift from the black into the red.
- by Shane Wright
Opinion
Trade wars
It’s D-Day for Europe’s trade relationship with China
The European Union is on the verge of announcing whether it will significantly raise tariffs on imported Chinese electric cars - and China is threatening to retaliate.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Economic growth ‘very weak’ but better days around the corner
The head of Treasury says while soft consumer spending will lead to subdued economic growth, household budgets will fare better in the second half of the year.
- by Shane Wright and Rachel Clun
Labor hits back at critics by adding tax breaks to industry aid
Jim Chalmers backed the case for tax concessions in a new signal about the scale of the budget plan to help clean energy industries and local manufacturing.
- by David Crowe
Tech giants claiming as little as 5 per cent of their revenue is taxable
Apple, Google, Facebook and Microsoft earn billions of dollars a year in Australia, and Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones has said he expects multinationals to “pay their fair share”.
- by Rachel Clun
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Victorian budget
Greens’ billion-dollar tax plan to fund Victoria’s cost-of-living relief
An 0.05 per cent quarterly levy on Victoria’s share of bank liabilities would raise an estimated $1.25 billion next financial year, costings have found.
- by Broede Carmody and Kieran Rooney
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