Income tax
Analysis
Cryptocurrencies
Bought an NFT last year? The Tax Office wants to know
The tax treatment of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are now on the radar of the Australian Tax Office.
- by Nicole Buckler
Latest
Should children pay their parents board?
Rose Beaugeard, 22, has been paying board since she was 18. Once a financial lesson, more parents are charging their children to help with the cost of living.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Opinion
Opinion
The three ways I’m going to cut my tax bill before June 30
In honour of the looming end of financial year, here are my three 2023 last-minute tax minimisation moves.
- by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Analysis
PwC tax scandal
Contagion shows no one is safe from PwC scandal
Potential charges for current and former partners, and the loss of the Commonwealth as its largest customer, is a real possibility for PwC Australia.
- by Colin Kruger
‘There will be job losses’: State’s richest private schools cop $420m payroll tax bill
About 110 high-fee schools will lose their payroll tax exemptions, and big business will incur a 10-year payroll tax levy to clear the state’s COVID debts.
- by Adam Carey
Opinion
Ask an expert
Should I sell shares to keep my SMSF below the new $3m limit?
Doing the limbo... Investors with large amounts in super are working out ways to stay below the proposed $3 million tax threshold.
- by George Cochrane
Opinion
Australian economy
Our real tax problem is the unfair burden on the worker
The stage three cuts take a system that is more progressive than the OECD average and makes it more regressive. It erodes one of the most enduring principles of Australia’s tax philosophy.
- by Waleed Aly
Opinion
Federal budget
The PM is set for a taxing backlash, and guess who’ll be leading the cry?
If Anthony Albanese thinks keeping the promise of stage three tax cuts will mean no outcry, he’s sadly deluded.
- by Ross Gittins
Budget hits consumer confidence, taxes drain shoppers’ spending power
Consumers, reeling from higher interest rates and last week’s budget, are expected to slow their spending in part due to a higher tax take.
- by Shane Wright
Opinion
For subscribers
Why the teachings of Yoda should be applied to stage three tax cuts
It’s no Jedi mind-trick. While the Left and the Right offer binary options for the promised tax cuts, increasing them offers an alternative for real tax reform.
- by Shane Wright
Big Australia: is continued immigration what the country needs?
It’s time to drop the political rhetoric and have a genuine debate about the real issues with continued population growth.