Gas tax leaks billions as energy prices soar
The Coalition’s unimplemented gas profits tax review gives the Albanese government an option to extract more revenue from energy companies, should it want to.
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The Coalition’s unimplemented gas profits tax review gives the Albanese government an option to extract more revenue from energy companies, should it want to.
Incomes would be $32,000 lower and budget debt $500 billion higher over the long term if heroic productivity growth assumptions fail to materialise, Treasury says.
Tax breaks for superannuation, housing, stocks and trusts are costing the budget tens of billions a year, according to the Treasury.
The RBA will soon begin raising interest rates, either next week or in early June, but the central bank won’t stop at just one increase in the cash rate.
There are some points in RBA history when a small change signals a profound shift in the bank’s thinking. The April 2022 board meeting was one such moment.