Tax

• Land tax could replace stamp duty in proposal costed by PBO (audio)

  By political reporter Henry Belot

  Posted March 18, 2017 12:16:31 | Updated March 18, 2017 16:12:28

  The Parliamentary Budget Office investigates a proposal to abolish stamp duty and replace it with a broad-based land tax, adding to a fierce political battle over housing affordability.

  Topics: tax, housing-industry, housing, australia

• A battle is brewing over tax in the craft beer industry

  By political reporter Dan Conifer

  Posted March 17, 2017 21:34:36 | Updated March 18, 2017 18:30:42

  Australia's booming craft beer industry, which has more than doubled in the past five years, is demanding a fairer deal from the Federal Government, saying the current tax regime is holding it back.

  Topics: alcohol, tax, government-and-politics, manufacturing, australia, nsw

• NSW Treasurer and Premier at odds over stamp duty

  By Michelle Brown and Ashleigh Raper

  Posted March 14, 2017 13:09:44

  The NSW Treasurer says a new strategy to increase stamp duty for foreign property investors will help housing affordability, but the Premier says the policy is exclusively to raise revenue.

  Topics: housing, tax, government-and-politics, state-parliament, nsw

• WA election: Where do the parties stand on the big issues?

  By Jacob Kagi

  Posted March 10, 2017 08:22:21

  With the West Australian election campaign entering its final moments, clear points of difference have emerged between the two major parties.

  Topics: elections, government-and-politics, education, health-policy, tax, law-crime-and-justice, perth-6000, wa

• BHP mines chief warns iron ore fee could threaten viability of WA mining industry

  ABC North West WA

  By Joseph Dunstan

  Posted March 08, 2017 19:34:51

  BHP's mines boss has warned that the WA mining industry could end up like car manufacturing if new taxes are imposed.

  Topics: mining-industry, tax, rural, mining-rural, government-and-politics, elections, karratha-6714

• ATO can't be blamed for Centrelink's debt recovery failings: officials

  By political reporter Henry Belot

  Posted March 08, 2017 11:56:14 | Updated March 08, 2017 14:55:58

  The Australian Tax Office seeks to distance itself from Centrelink's controversial debt recovery program, telling a Senate inquiry it cannot be held accountable for how its data is used.

  Topics: community-and-society, welfare, corporate-governance, government-and-politics, federal-government, tax, australia

• Centrelink debt recovery program to face Senate committee grilling

  By political reporter Matthew Doran

  Posted March 08, 2017 06:27:22

  Tax office and department of human services representatives will be among those grilled today, when a Senate committee investigates the bungled robodebt recovery program.

  Topics: community-and-society, welfare, corporate-governance, federal-government, government-and-politics, tax, australia

• What does the new emergency services levy mean for you?

  By Michelle Brown

  Posted March 07, 2017 11:52:28

  From July 1, all landowners in New South Wales will have to pay a new emergency services levy. What are the changes and will it cost you more?

  Topics: tax, insurance, storm-disaster, storm-event, floods, bushfire, disasters-and-accidents, emergency-incidents, emergency-planning, government-and-politics, nsw

• First home buyer tax breaks won't help affordability Analysis

  By business reporter Michael Janda

  Posted March 06, 2017 15:49:22 | Updated March 06, 2017 16:44:02

  We've been here before ... the Victorian Government is cutting stamp duty for first time buyers to give them a leg up, but this has been tried there and elsewhere and it just doesn't work.

  Topics: housing-industry, tax, states-and-territories, australia

• 'He didn't come good': WA Treasurer lashes out at PM (photos)

  By Rebecca Carmody

  Posted March 03, 2017 18:21:01 | Updated March 03, 2017 19:58:03

  WA Treasurer Mike Nahan accuses Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull of breaking his promise to fix the state's share of GST.

  Topics: tax, government-and-politics, perth-6000

• Immigration Department criticised for plans to spend $255m moving staff

  By political reporter Henry Belot

  Posted February 27, 2017 15:28:45 | Updated March 14, 2017 15:36:23

  The Immigration Department is under fire over plans to spend a quarter-of-a-billion dollars to move public servants to a new office nine kilometres away.

  Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, tax, immigration, community-and-society, canberra-2600

• Disillusionment grows over Turnbull's economic policy inaction Analysis

  By business editor Ian Verrender

  Posted February 27, 2017 06:54:51

  Malcolm Turnbull is facing not just the expected sniping from the sidelines but growing discontent from the political middle as tax reform and renewable energy policy go nowhere, writes Ian Verrender.

  Topics: business-economics-and-finance, government-and-politics, electricity-energy-and-utilities, alternative-energy, tax, australia

• ACOSS calls for slashing tax breaks for property investors

  By senior business correspondent Peter Ryan

  Posted February 27, 2017 00:10:12 | Updated February 27, 2017 08:33:33

  Tax breaks for property investors should be slashed and the Medicare levy lifted to pump more funding into welfare spending, according to the Australian Council of Social Service.

  Topics: business-economics-and-finance, industry, tax, government-and-politics, social-policy, welfare, australia

• Most ATO workers do not 'down tools' at 4:51: commissioner

  By political reporter Henry Belot

  Posted February 24, 2017 19:05:03

  Australian Tax Commissioner Chris Jordan defends his workforce, insisting the vast majority do not "down tools" at 4.51pm, while also disputing claims by union officials.

  Topics: public-sector, government-and-politics, tax, australia

• Turnbull brushes off Henry criticisms, backs record on reform

  By political reporter Henry Belot

  Posted February 24, 2017 14:18:27

  Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull dismisses Ken Henry's scathing attack after the former treasury head claimed populism and partisanship had torpedoed every attempt to reform the tax system.

  Topics: federal-government, tax, australia

• WA Labor pledges no new taxes, Barnett holds on to GST hopes

  By Andrew O'Connor

  Posted February 21, 2017 19:25:10 | Updated February 21, 2017 20:31:57

  WA 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

• ATO received 'unfair preference' when SA company collapsed

  By Angelique Donnellan

  Posted February 21, 2017 18:58:00

  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

• Working nine minutes longer at ATO 'doesn't increase productivity'

  By political reporter Henry Belot and Angela Lavoipierre

  Posted February 21, 2017 14:59:33 | Updated February 21, 2017 15:22:18

  Leading 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

• Oil and gas companies in Government's sights over tax concessions

  7.30

  By Andrew Probyn

  Posted February 20, 2017 20:27:19 | Updated February 20, 2017 20:47:23

  Multinational 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

• GST reform, Metronet funding years away, PM says in Perth

  ABC Radio Perth

  By Jacob Kagi

  Posted February 20, 2017 12:46:49 | Updated February 20, 2017 15:59:49

  On 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

• Verrender: The nasty little secret about housing affordability Analysis

  By business reporter Ian Verrender

  Posted February 20, 2017 07:34:09

  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

• ATO staff revolt over plan to add 9 minutes to working day

  By political reporter Henry Belot

  Posted February 20, 2017 00:00:26 | Updated February 20, 2017 13:46:47

  The 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

• Turnbull to face questions from Barnett on GST floor pledge

  By Andrew O'Connor

  Posted February 19, 2017 19:17:10

  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

• 'Consumers lose' as Federal Court rules against Uber in GST decision

  By Michelle Brown and Riley Stuart

  Posted February 17, 2017 13:32:00 | Updated February 17, 2017 15:29:06

  A 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

• First fortnight of Parliament strains both sides' '50' campaigns Analysis

  By 7.30 political correspondent Andrew Probyn

  Posted February 17, 2017 12:24:39 | Updated February 17, 2017 12:30:45

  Labor 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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