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Detox

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2010
... fat diet. So are the strongest members of the Eurozone -- Germany and France. Germany announced that there would be no tax cuts in the next two years. France plans to freeze public spending from 2011 to 2013. Even non-Eurozone member Britain is planning ...

Too clever by half

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
... this is not yet a done deal. Again, I call to the witness stand former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating's L-A-W tax cuts. What's a done deal is more interest rate increases by the Reserve Bank of Australia - if not today - then at their meeting ...

Simple tax is too taxing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
... of the resources sector still produce super profits - that will be taxed at 40 per cent that will be used to pay for tax cuts for small businesses? Will small businesses still think of investing? There's no doubt -- Australia needs a simpler tax system ...

On the shoulders of giants

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
... Howes admits that given the global financial crisis, it would be unrealistic to push for 15 per cent SG today through tax cuts but there are other ways: more employer contributions, better incentives or new government rules. He also said that 'scale' ...

Greek tragedy overwhelms Obama

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
... affected. But all other discretionary government programs will." Also, "...at a time of record deficits, we will not continue tax cuts for oil companies, for investment fund managers, and for those making over $250,000 a year. We just can't afford it." ...

Jobs, jobs, jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2009
... words - "promoting our self-interest." What did we do to dig ourselves out of the hole? We gave ourselves handouts and tax cuts and lower interest rates. Now the betting is that Australia's unemployment rate will peak at 6 per cent. Not too long ago ...

Retirement adequacy beats market slump

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2009
... study also found that the amount that people set aside for retirement has actually fallen following the round of income tax cuts which applied from July last year. "These boost the incomes - and hence pre-retirement consumer spending - of workers more ...

What-if scenarios bring Budget blues

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
... From a tax perspective, the government could potentially abolish the capital gains tax (CGT) discount, defer promised tax cuts and abolish the dividend imputation. While abolishing co-contributions and changing the contribution caps would only affect ...

Savings paradox

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
... and packages designed to resurrect capitalism or simply more money handed to the general population - in the form of tax cuts and/or direct dole-outs - to keep consumers consuming. Australians who woke up to a six per cent plus rally on Wall Street displayed ...

Darkest before dawn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
... and/or they're not allowed back in (ban on short-selling) and/or some are given play money by the government (bail-outs/tax cuts, etc.) but they still find the odds stacked against them and are instead hiding them in their cookie jars - just in case. ...