WA’s business community has derided the Productivity Commission’s GST carve-up proposal, warning it would harm Australia in the long term.
Adrian Rauso and Rebecca Le May
WA’s deal on the Goods and Services Tax is coming under review — and with it the threat of the State losing its ‘fair share’. Here’s all you need to know about it.
Jessica Page
Western Australia would lose up to $7 billion next year under the Productivity Commission’s proposed GST reform, sending the State Budget far into the red.
Matt Mckenzie
The Productivity Commission denies its GST reform report was biased against WA, saying the State’s concerns about plummeting payments during the mining boom were ‘legitimate’.
Some of Perth’s most prominent business leaders have put the onus squarely on Anthony Albanese and warned his reputation - and votes - are on the line, if Federal Labor blinks over the GST.
Jessica Page and Sean Smith
New tax rules for property have created plenty of confusion for Perth investors. Two experts — one a financial adviser, and another a property expert — have all your questions answered.
Nicholas Hart and Matthew Hughes
Q+A: Finding the right financial adviser can be tough because there’s no set fee scale or schedule of costs. Here are the two ways advisers charge to manage your money, and what they might cost you.
Nick Bruining
Tax hikes on property investors will help keep budget pressures under control, ratings agency S&P Global says in a check-up of Australia's fiscal health.
Jacob Shteyman
Private business owners risk a multimillion-dollar tax hit if they rely on a Treasury shortcut that assumes their assets grew at the same rate every day, advisers warn.
Ryan Johnson
The man behind a WA smoking empire and one-time investor in a Northbridge nightclub has been hit with a $1.2 million tax bill.
Joe Hockey is on board with secret plans for a Pilbara iron ore cartel to counter China’s hardball tactics and he believes Jim Chalmers should have more veto powers over critical minerals deals.
Adrian Rauso
Private owners who fail to lock in defensible valuations by June 30 next year risk pushing more of a future sale into the new capital gains regime.
A former public servant has been charged over an alleged attempt to defraud more than $1.3m in GST refunds, with authorities warning tax fraud has “nowhere to hide”.
Amy Jackson
Australians counting on their tax refunds to survive the cost-of-living crisis can now lodge, but experts warn rushing could cost hundreds in missed deductions.
Cameron Micallef
The recent tax reforms are believed to be putting more downward pressure on property prices than interest rates, according to property professionals.
Kim Macdonald
The nation’s housing shortfall has blown out to 125,000 homes, and there’s a big reason why that won’t concern the majority of Australians.
CPA Australia is urging taxpayers to not rush into preparing their 2026 tax returns - with those who lodge before pre-fill data is available more than twice as likely to need amendments.
Rebecca Le May
From reduced taxes to increased limits on superannuation contributions and Centrelink means-test thresholds, there’s plenty to get your head around.
Those who are expecting a refund this year might be keen to lodge their 2026 income tax return as soon as the clock ticks past midnight on July 1. But that could prove costly.
Q+A: What are the medical reasons that would allow you to access superannuation early? How do you do it? And is it worth the tax whack you’ll cop?
The Treasurer has avoided answering a key question about Labor’s CGT changes amid ongoing backlash from the start-up sector.
Ria Pandey
Superannuation caps are set to rise for the first time in two years, yet new research shows most Australians remain unaware how they even work.
Self-Managed Fund managers have hit out at the federal government's deal with the Greens to get its tax reform agenda through the upper house.
Lucinda Garbutt-Young
Debt collectors in one state will be unleashed to recoup hundreds of millions of dollars in unpaid fines and taxes.
Blair Jackson
