Money
Tax
Analysis
HECS
What you need to know about your student debt before heading overseas
Previously, the fact that you had a HELP or TSL debt when you left the country didn’t matter. Now it does.
- by Melissa Browne
Latest
Opinion
Gender equality
Discrimination isn't just a cultural problem; it's an economic one
Until we stamp out discrimination in pay and ensure women move into the highest ranks of corporate and political life, we cannot end toxic workplace cultures.
- by Nassim Khadem
Exclusive
Income tax
Sydney's richest and poorest postcodes have barely changed since 2004
The richest areas in NSW and Australia are well entrenched with nine of the 10 top postcodes for average taxable income remaining the same.
- by Nigel Gladstone
Opinion
GST
It's time for sweetest tax of them all
No tax has ever succeeded as quickly as Britain's sugar tax.
- by Peter Martin
Opinion
Income tax
'Just plain wrong': Chris Bowen responds over franking credits
Budgets are about priorities. And to get the budget back to surplus difficult decisions need to be made.
- by Chris Bowen
'They’re in the business of collecting scalps.'
Peter Fortunatow feels he has been caught in the net of ATO's debt collection operations.
'There’s really nothing more they can do to me.'
Whistleblower Richard Boyle speaks out about the ATO.
Opinion
Editorial
Who is watching the tax collectors?
EDITORIAL: It is clear that Australian taxpayers do not enjoy the level of rights and protections that they deserve.
Opinion
Income tax
Labor's dividend imputation changes a 'tax on widows'
Make up your own mind about the accuracy of the costing – I reckon the figures speak for themselves.
- by Noel Whittaker
Opinion
Income tax
Fairness a question with imputation credit proposal
Alternatives to the current system need to treat all investors fairly and minimise the discincentive to invest in domestic dividend-paying shares.
- by Daryl Dixon
Analysis
Shares
Listed investment companies under threat
Lower income taxpayers may shift their investments from domestic shares and LICs to real estate and other investment structures.
- by Daryl Dixon