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| UpdatedWA Labor says it will not impose any new taxes or tax increases on West Australians if it wins government in next month's state election, while the Premier holds on to hope for action on GST distribution.
Topics: elections, government-and-politics, tax, wa
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The Australian Taxation Office is ordered to refund more than $1 million it took from failed South Australian company Penrice, after being sued by the company's liquidators.
Topics: tax, government-and-politics, company-news, osborne-5017, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedLeading economists criticise the logic behind a failed push to extend working hours at the Australian Tax Office by nine minutes a day, saying productivity is increased by working smarter rather than longer.
Topics: public-sector, government-and-politics, tax, australia
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| UpdatedMultinational gas exporters could lose some of their generous tax deductions following a review of the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax.
Topics: oil-and-gas, federal-government, tax, budget, australia
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| UpdatedOn his first visit to Western Australia during the state election campaign, Malcolm Turnbull says reforms to the GST distribution system are "a few years away" — and warns federal funding for Labor's Metronet rail system is also a long way off.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, states-and-territories, tax, perth-6000, wa
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Don't believe anyone who claims they have an easy and painless way to make housing affordable; it just doesn't exist, writes the ABC's business editor Ian Verrender.
Topics: housing-industry, business-economics-and-finance, government-and-politics, housing, tax, australia
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| UpdatedThe Australian Taxation Office admits its working hours do not meet community expectations, but staff respond with a backlash when asked to work an extra nine minutes a day to boost productivity.
Topics: public-sector, tax, government-and-politics, australia
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Six months after his pledge to set a base level for WA's GST share, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is set to face hard questions about how it will be done and when.
Topics: elections, tax, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedA legal challenge by Uber that would have seen its drivers exempt from paying GST has failed after a Federal Court ruled they were a "taxi" service.
Topics: tax, government-and-politics, courts-and-trials, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedLabor and the Liberal Party both have problems beginning with the number 50, and in both instances, the number has more to do with political messaging than anything else, writes Andrew Probyn.
Topics: alp, political-parties, government-and-politics, liberals, one-nation, tax, emissions-trading, turnbull-malcolm, bill-shorten, australia
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| UpdatedThe Barnett Government pledges to lift the payroll tax threshold for business to $900,000, claiming the change will boost jobs and save small businesses millions.
Topics: elections, political-parties, small-business, tax, wa
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| UpdatedThe Federal Government warns they may have to raise taxes to help pay for the National Disability Insurance Scheme if the Senate continues to block its omnibus saving bill.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, tax, australia
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Documents obtained by the ABC show the Australian Tax Office is chasing more than $3.5 million in unpaid tax from companies controlled by a Melbourne-based "pre-insolvency adviser", Philip Whiteman.
Topics: fraud-and-corporate-crime, corruption, tax, government-and-politics, law-crime-and-justice, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedThe NSW secretary of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union says an inheritance tax could be the key in helping those locked out of the housing market.
Topics: government-and-politics, housing, political-parties, tax, australia
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| UpdatedChanges to both child care payments and family tax benefits will be introduced to Parliament today in a so-called omnibus bill. Here's what you need to know about the changes.
Topics: child-care, family, tax, government-and-politics, federal-parliament, federal-government, budget, australia
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| UpdatedThe Federal Government has combined a range of stalled and revised welfare measures into a single bill to try to force nearly $4 billion in savings through the Parliament.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, budget, child-care, welfare, tax, australia
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Auskar Surbakti speaks to Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy professor Danny Quah about the Asia-Pacific's concerns over Trump protectionism.
Topics: trade, tax, world-politics, singapore, asia, united-states
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| UpdatedA Melbourne man linked to a multi-million dollar tax avoidance scheme remains in business, despite the fact federal authorities continue to circle him.
Topics: fraud-and-corporate-crime, corruption, tax, government-and-politics, law-crime-and-justice, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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Groups representing older Australians are up in arms over a "massively unfair" proposal to put an asset test on the family home, saying the "most vulnerable" people should not be held "responsible for budget repair".
Topics: government-and-politics, tax, community-and-society, business-economics-and-finance, welfare, housing, australia
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| UpdatedThe WA Nationals want to use $610 million in revenue from their proposed tax increase on big iron ore miners to boost regional tourism and diversify the state's economy, following the end of the mining boom.
Topics: elections, rural-tourism, tax, nationals, karratha-6714, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedWest Australian Premier Colin Barnett hits out at the mining lobby's public campaign against Nationals leader Brendon Grylls and his controversial proposed iron ore tax.
Topics: states-and-territories, tax, mining-industry, elections, perth-6000, wa, karratha-6714
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| UpdatedBackpacker employers, like farmers and hospitality businesses, need to register with Australian Tax Office by tomorrow or risk penalties.
Topics: vegetables, fruit, tax, farm-labour, sydney-2000, young-2594, orange-2800, wollongong-2500, mareeba-4880
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Treasurer Scott Morrison says there are other alternatives to fixing Australia's affordable housing crisis than making changes to negative gearing.
Topics: housing-industry, housing, tax, united-kingdom
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| UpdatedA top Vanuatu financial official has rejected suggestions his country is on the verge of being blacklisted by the OECD's Financial Action Task Force.
Topics: government-and-politics, law-crime-and-justice, tax, courts-and-trials, laws, international-law, pacific, vanuatu
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| UpdatedForeign Minister Julie Bishop is facing fresh questions over her "official ministerial business" at five events including Derby Day, the Melbourne Cup and the rugby, totalling a cost of $11,006 to taxpayers.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, bishop-julie, tax, australia