Retailers’ hopes of having the GST-free import threshold slashed have been dashed after Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten yesterday described…
Retailers’ hopes of having the GST-free import threshold slashed have been dashed after Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten yesterday described…
The Federal Government has knocked back a Productivity Commission recommendation that the GST-free threshold for imported goods should be lo…
The Productivity Commission has unexpectedly recommended the Government should reduce the $1,000 GST-free import threshold, but acknowledges…
The Productivity Commission is set to hand down its draft report this afternoon into the retail industry and the possibility of amending the…
Small Business Minister Nick Sherry says the Government has not ruled out a reduction or removal of the GST tax-free threshold for online pu…
The Federal Government has examined the feasibility of halving the $1,000 tax-free threshold for imports but says the cost of implementing t…
Documents from Customs and Treasury reveal that the departments were looking at halving the $1,000 tax-free threshold for imported goods las…
Australia Post has finally weighed into the debate on internet retailing, complaining to the Productivity Commission that it is losing money…
Health and social assistance has overtaken retail as Australia’s biggest employment sector, according to new data, suggesting start-ups sh…
Tariffs for renewable energy alternatives and smaller initiatives have actually helped push up prices on carbon to more than $40 per tonne, …
The Productivity Commission’s study of carbon emission policies in other major economies has been seized upon by the Gillard Government to s…
A review of taxes imposed on retailers and a reduction in the low-value import threshold from $1,000 to $100 are just some of the proposals …
