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Labor franking credit changes fair but not the best: Grattan

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... overseas. It also abandons the principle that all company profits should be taxed at an investor's marginal rate of income tax. The report concludes abolishing cash refunds may well be a reasonable second-best policy in a tax system rife with distortions. ...

ASX dismisses concern over AMP sale

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
... for more than 50% if the group across four metrics - consolidated revenue, consolidated EBITDA, segment profit after income tax and consolidated total assets. On all measures, the divested businesses fell below 50% of the entire AMP group. AMP added ...

Chief economist update: If you can't beat Trump, copy Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
... tax cuts. China's Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation has just published the personal income tax deduction plan (the final version is scheduled to be released by the end of this year) expected to take effect on 1 January ...

Australian Unity's wealth business grows

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2018
Australian Unity's profit after income tax jumped 10% in FY18 even though its revenues dipped slightly. It generated $1.8 billion in revenues and $51.5 million in profit after income tax. Its wealth and capital markets business recorded the highest ...

Linear pushes MGP into the red

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2018
... costs are tax deductible, and together with brought-forward Linear trading losses of $9 million, these will shelter income tax liability for the group. Despite the loss, Sharp said the acquisition has "lived up to its promise of being a highly complementary ...

Government mulls reforms to tax residency rules

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2018
... advisory board said the inadequacy is of increasing prevalence and has the potential to weaken the integrity of the income tax system. "These tests are complex to apply, require an understanding of common law and often require an individual to seek third-party ...

Chief economist update: It's always slow in America in Q1

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018
... pps in the December, September and June quarters of last year, respectively. Where has Trump's US$1.5 trillion income tax cut gone? Reasons that the cuts have not yet flowed through into consumers' pockets include it was implemented only in January ...

Budget big picture: Surplus on radar

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... boost the government's ledger over the forward estimates will be the $57 billion or 28% increase in annual personal income tax receipts, the $17 billion or 21% increase in annual company tax receipts, the $14 billion or 22% increase in GST revenues ...

Chief economist update: Budget surplus can wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
What better to focus the minds of the Australian Prime Minister and Federal Treasurer than a general election coming to a theatre near us - no later than May next year. This time is not different. The government of the day is going out here, there and ...

Chief economist update: Back to the shops

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
The US consumer is back...and with a vengeance. Retail sales rebounded by a higher than expected 0.6% in the month of March following three consecutive months of declines - 0.1% in December, -0.2% in January, -0.1% in February - that took the annual ...