Real'victims'of Labor's dividend tax policy are not average Joannes
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Real'victims'of Labor's dividend tax policy are not average Joannes

As the federal election draws closer and a change of government looks ever more likely,the knives are out for Labor’s tax policies. Don't be fooled.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons

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'All that is now at risk':Retirees vent their anger in super inquiry

'All that is now at risk':Retirees vent their anger in super inquiry

A Parliamentary inquiry into Labor’s $55 billion dividend imputation policy has been inundated with complaints

  • byEryk Bagshaw
Dividends are nice but there won't be any if the company shrinks to zero
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Dividends are nice but there won't be any if the company shrinks to zero

The dividend flood has a downside - ultimately,if companies are to increase dividends they will need to grow revenue.

  • byElizabeth Knight
Listed investment companies under threat
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Listed investment companies under threat

Lower income taxpayers may shift their investments from domestic shares and LICs to real estate and other investment structures.

  • byDaryl Dixon
'Already zero'. Economist raises questions over benefits of company tax cut

'Already zero'. Economist raises questions over benefits of company tax cut

New analysis suggests a company tax cut will not generate claimed foreign investment benefits.

  • byPeter Martin
Millions of dollars of big company dividends looking for owners
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Millions of dollars of big company dividends looking for owners

Many Australians don't realise they are shareholders and missing out on dividend payments.

  • byJohn Collett
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Labor candidate says there is time to review dividend imputation policy

Labor candidate says there is time to review dividend imputation policy

Facing a voter backlash just days before the byelection,Labor's candidate says there is still time to look at the impact of dividend imputation policy.

  • byEryk Bagshaw
Shorten promises pensioners they will get their money back from $59b tax take

Shorten promises pensioners they will get their money back from $59b tax take

Bill Shorten has pledged to compensate up to 250,000 pensioners for any dollar they lose under his $59 billion dividend imputation policy.

  • byEryk Bagshaw
'More cash to you':BHP mounts shareholder charm offensive
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'More cash to you':BHP mounts shareholder charm offensive

What better way to ensure retail shareholders are in BHP's tent than the promise of lavish returns?

  • byElizabeth Knight
Magellan's Douglass calls for 15pc company tax rate

Magellan's Douglass calls for 15pc company tax rate

Australian business heads and global economists have called on Australia's government to reform its corporate tax regimes,potentially slashing it in half.

  • byCole Latimer