Posts Tagged ‘GST’
Saturday, January 26th, 2013
The mascot of the anti-land-tax campaign is the “poor widow” — you know, the one who will allegedly be forced out of her home because she doesn’t have the cash flow to pay the tax on the astronomical value of the land under her house, and who can’t be compensated by cuts in income tax because [...]
Tags: company tax, GST, history, income tax, land tax, retirees, tax reform
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Friday, December 21st, 2012
Changing the GST was always intended to be hard and is getting harder by the week. Under the so-called intergovernmental agreement on implementation of the GST, any change in the rate or the base required the unanimous approval of the Federal, State and Territory governments. Although that “agreement” can be unilaterally abrogated by Canberra, neither [...]
Tags: Dr Gavin Putland, GST, Henry review, land tax, Payroll Tax, Stamp Duty, tax reform
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Friday, June 8th, 2012
This post was adapted from our e-news service. Sign up on the right hand side of the home page for a bi-monthly email. These certainly are exciting times to be advocating an alternative economic framework. We see thoughout the EU failing economies where tax systems allow the wealthy to siphon money out of the economy, [...]
Tags: economic rent, GST, housing affordability, Karl Fitzgerald
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Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
photo credit: Dunechaser It seems that another whitewash of economic theory is being subtly thrust upon us with the ongoing Henry Tax review. According to Henry, he has re-written economic theory. The 3 sources of taxation are now labour, capital and consumption. The Corruption of Economics continues with Land, the most essential of all factors [...]
Tags: GST, Henry review, land tax, site rental
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
Saturday’s Age article on Melbourne’s rental growth outstripping all other states is reflective of current government policy at all levels – local, State and Federal. When combined with record immigration levels, property flipping will continue unabated. Prosper Australia spokesman Karl Fitzgerald was quoted in another Age article on Home Buyers Lose out in Tax Change. [...]
Tags: affordability, FHOG, GST, housing, infrastructure, site rental
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