Yesterday
- Opinion
- Electric cars
All roads lead to a tax shake up after EV ruling
The High Court’s decision banning Victoria’s electric vehicle tax has parallels to how the GST came about.
- John Kehoe
This Month
- Opinion
- Opinion
Time to walk the tax reform talk
The High Court’s rejection of Victoria’s road tax and its threat to states’ revenue puts pressure on the federal government to step into the reform breach.
- Michelle de Niese
Make EV drivers pay or face cost-of-living backlash, Labor told
The federal government is reluctant to bring in a road-user charge for electric cars because it believes ownership rates of low-emission vehicles are still too low.
- Jacob Greber and Gus McCubbing
- Updated
- Electric cars
High Court’s EV decision threatens state taxes
Lawyers say the ramifications of the decision are ‘monstrous’ and could trigger a shake-up in federal-state relations.
- Michael Pelly
Developers face uncertainty on thin capitalisation rules
The federal government’s proposed laws to crack down on excessive tax deductions are not fit for purpose, industry figures and independent MPs warn.
- Michael Bleby
SMSFs forced to sell to cover $3m super tax: study
Farmers and small business owners were particularly likely to be forced to sell assets to finance the tax, the study shows, with 13.5 per cent of affected SMSFs too illiquid to pay the tax without sales.
- Hannah Wootton
‘Everything should be on the table’ to ease tax burden on young
The BCA, CTA, Allegra Spender and Grattan have urged Labor to develop a tax reform agenda to stop younger workers shouldering an ever-increasing tax burden.
- John Kehoe
- Opinion
- Franking credits
Labor’s franking credit changes raise bigger questions
The government’s planned changes raise a legitimate question about the long-term future of dividend imputation.
- John Kehoe
‘Stubborn’ Labor offers no compromises on $3m super tax
Industry players also warned the tax will potentially hit more people than suggested, as draft laws released on Tuesday confirmed it would not be indexed.
- Hannah Wootton
Labor pushes ahead with $3m superannuation tax
The government will release draft legislation today on its plan to crack down on tax concessions for big balance accounts.
- Hannah Wootton
September
Multinational tax crackdown could spur consumer pain
The Corporate Tax Association and the Coalition say Labor failed to conduct sufficient consultation on its latest changes, leaving parts of the plan unworkable.
- Tom McIlroy
- Opinion
- Opinion
Why politics is harder than it looks
Well-meaning reformers like the teals want to impose change over the heads of the people who will be affected by it the most.
- Jason Falinski and Tim Wilson
- Opinion
- Opinion
Australia should tax better, but bigger GST is a reform killer
The politics are cruelly complicated, and the economics are less compelling than people think.
- Chris Richardson
Big government is back – how will we pay for it?
Countries are spending heavily on defence, welfare and the green transition. With debt levels already high, taxes look certain to rise.
- Emma Agyemang and Chris Giles
Tax reform must tackle rising wealth gap, warns MP
Macarthur MP Mike Freelander hit out at the weaponisation of tax reform proposals, admitting his children are paying the price for his good fortune.
- Tom McIlroy
GST rise and income tax cuts ‘help high-income earners’
A 15 per cent GST to pay for income tax cuts and more welfare payments would benefit high-income households, according to economic modelling by ANU.
- John Kehoe
- Opinion
- Opinion
Tax reform too important to be hostage to party politics
That’s why I have set up a process, where economists, business leaders, unions, social and environmental leaders can come together and discuss their goals for a better tax system.
- Allegra Spender
August
- Opinion
- Income tax
The penny has finally dropped on income tax burden
There are at least three achievable ways to alleviate the intergenerational inequities in the tax system to take pressure off workers and not harm economic growth.
- John Kehoe
- Opinion
- Tax cuts
High inflation gives Chalmers cover to ditch the stage three tax cuts
Treasurer Jim Chalmers could ditch the stage three tax cuts as wage rises force lower and middle-income earners to pay more of their income in tax.
- Karen Maley
- Opinion
- The AFR View
There’s logic to the teal MPs tax reform push - just look at the IGR
Allegra Spender’s call to put a GST tax-mix switch on the table echoes calls by past treasurers Les Bury, John Howard and Paul Keating.
- The AFR View
