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ISA launches super tax plan

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
... example, be directed elsewhere in the economy to make it work more efficiently? Could they, for instance, be directed to tax cuts elsewhere, to encourage participation, productivity and growth? "These are important questions for all of us as we think ...

Australian market opens higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... approvals on Wednesday and trade and retail sales later in the week indicating how small business has reacted to the budget tax cuts. Among the major banks, ANZ was up 35 cents to $32.55, Westpac had added 27 cents to $32.42, Commonwealth Bank had gained ...

Australian shares up on first day of fin year

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... approvals on Wednesday and trade and retail sales later in the week indicating how small business has reacted to the budget tax cuts. Among the major banks, ANZ was up 35 cents to $32.55, Westpac had added 27 cents to $32.42, Commonwealth Bank had gained ...

No downing the dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... can these sectors not be happy little vegemites with Budget 2015/16 handing small businesses - primarily, retailers - tax cuts and accelerated depreciation on their investment spend. But as is always the case, there's a fly in the ointment. The Australian ...

Budget projections risk being too optimistic, economists warn

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... increases the downside risk to economic growth." Referring to the $5 billion infrastructure plan for northern Australia and tax cuts for small businesses, the analysts noted that "these measures are fairly small in size, and are unlikely to materially ...

Opposition welcomes SME package, slams Google tax

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen has given his backing to small business tax cuts made in the budget but has branded the so-called crack-down on multi-nationals "a cop out". "We welcome the small business package," he told the ABC's Leigh Sales. "We support ...

Budget speech 2014 -15

... abolition of the carbon tax, saving households, on average, around $550 next year alone. They will also keep the associated tax cuts. In addition, families will continue to receive the ongoing Energy Supplement to help with power costs. These changes ...

While America was shuttered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
... the PM of the day or the PBOC implements counter-measures to ensure growth stays on target. It's the mini-stimulus - tax cuts and spending on rail infrastructure -- that did it this time. Yes Virginia, communist China is the real Keynesian. In Europe ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2013
... Europe and China for buoying investor sentiment, along with a Japanese media report saying Tokyo was mulling corporate tax cuts to help offset an expected rise in sales tax. WELLINGTON -The NZX 50 Index fell 1.233 points, or 0.03 per cent, to 4524.58 ...

Abbott to announce levy details next week

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013
Opposition leader Tony Abbott admits proposed business tax cuts for some companies will be offset by the coalition's paid parental leave levy. But Abbott says most will still be better off. Abbott has confirmed a coalition government will cut the company ...