What we weren’t told before the election:taxes to rise,not fall

What we weren’t told before the election:taxes to rise,not fall

The simple,obvious truth is that if we want more services without loss of quality,we’ll have to pay higher taxes.

  • byRoss Gittins

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Australian government urged to intervene in telco’s $130 million tax dispute with PNG

Australian government urged to intervene in telco’s $130 million tax dispute with PNG

Australian taxpayers are also being asked to pay more than $100 million to settle a tax dispute in PNG to keep telecommunications assets out of Chinese hands.

  • byAnthony Galloway andZoe Samios
Adam Bandt goes to oil heartland to announce extra fossil fuel tax plan

Adam Bandt goes to oil heartland to announce extra fossil fuel tax plan

Adam Bandt will campaign in the heart of the oil and gas sector with plans to raise an extra $90 billion in tax over the next decade.

  • byShane Wright
Truck drivers steamrolled by budget tax change

Truck drivers steamrolled by budget tax change

Cost-of-living relief was promised to all Australians with a budget cut in fuel excise,but it will leave many truck drivers struggling to pay their bills.

  • byShane Wright
Frydenberg to show turnaround in budget revenues ... but more deficits

Frydenberg to show turnaround in budget revenues ... but more deficits

In his 2020 budget,Josh Frydenberg expected a $232 billion collapse in revenues. But it didn’t eventuate and an extra $100 billion will be banked on Tuesday.

  • byShane Wright
Small businesses use tax cut for new tools,profits and wages

Small businesses use tax cut for new tools,profits and wages

Businesses are using the new 25 per cent company rate to spend more on capital goods and lift wages,but there are calls for Tuesday’s budget to go further.

  • byShane Wright
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Albanese to target global companies in tax slug

Albanese to target global companies in tax slug

In a clear sign he will unveil tougher tax rules,Labor leader Anthony Albanese named multinational companies as a group that could pay more tax.

  • byDavid Crowe
Iron ore miners and bankers keep budget afloat

Iron ore miners and bankers keep budget afloat

Tax from iron ore miners and banks are buoying the budget,with figures also confirming no rivers of revenue from big technology companies.

  • byShane Wright
Greens release corporate tax policies to raise extra $4.5b per year
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Greens release corporate tax policies to raise extra $4.5b per year

Greens leader Adam Bandt says Australians are “being ripped off by multinational corporations”,outlining measures he says will block them from avoiding Australian company tax.

  • byShane Wright
G20 endorses global corporate minimum tax at Rome summit

G20 endorses global corporate minimum tax at Rome summit

Leaders of the world’s biggest economies have endorsed a global minimum tax on corporations,a linchpin of new international tax rules aimed at blunting the edge of fiscal paradises.

  • byDavid McHugh,Frances D'Emilio andSylvie Corbet
Missing millions:Tax gap jumped to $33.5 billion ahead of pandemic

Missing millions:Tax gap jumped to $33.5 billion ahead of pandemic

The ATO estimates nearly $34 billion worth of tax was not paid in the year before the pandemic hit,with small businesses responsible for the majority.

  • byJennifer Duke