How are we (Australia) going to pay for this COVID-19 spending?

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Here’s another interesting summary of supposed places to go looking for extra taxes

It fails to consider corporate issues like transfer pricing, arbitraging inter-company loans interest rates, dividend swapping, refund of excess franking credits, off-shore marketing hubs, off-shore invoicing, unrepatriated profits, the double Irish Dutch sandwich style of self-indulgent tax manoeuvres

Nor is there much in the way of where funds to not-for-profit service associations come from nor go (grant money is so off-book for purposes of GST allocations in States & Territories) and so not “taxed” and certainly “not counted as a taxed supply nor income” in the hands of the association nor its membership even if spent on their indulgences. Annoying when for exampel Strata fees are GST taxable and assessed for income tax. With sinking funds in the 50,000 plus bracket, and even more in serious high rise or high end strata, it’s a truckload of taxes paid years before any possible GST credits are claimable) no equity in that

So it’s focus is more on what if we did tax this item instead of granting legitimate exemptions

https://treasury.gov.au/sites/default/files/2019-03/p2019-357183-TBVS-2018-1.xlsx

 

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Australian businesses call for climate crisis and virus economic recovery to be tackled together
Innes Willox, chief executive of the Australia Industry Group, says Covid-19 and climate are ‘urgent’ challenges that overlap

Australian businesses call for climate crisis and virus economic recovery to be tackled together

Innes Willox, chief executive of the Australia Industry Group, says Covid-19 and climate are ‘urgent’ challenges that overlap

www.theguardian.com

 

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Australian businesses call for climate crisis and virus economic recovery to be tackled together
Innes Willox, chief executive of the Australia Industry Group, says Covid-19 and climate are ‘urgent’ challenges that overlap

Australian businesses call for climate crisis and virus economic recovery to be tackled together

Innes Willox, chief executive of the Australia Industry Group, says Covid-19 and climate are ‘urgent’ challenges that overlap

www.theguardian.com

Hurrah at last someone important pushing the agenda

You all know before cars, there were horse and carts which needed watering stations and hotels to accommodate walkers..... it’s why villages in places like the UK & Europe & Japan are so close together ..... and then came the stagecoach, rollicking on rough roads but again. New stations were built

Then came the steam rail era so new stations were built and Grand Hotels were built
And then came electric trams and so new (stops) stations were built
And then came buses and new depots were built (but we got lazy and re-used old tram stops)
And then came the car and new (service re-fuel) stations were built and new motels...

And then came the plane and new terminal (stations) were built and hotels and motels

And so we switch to electric vehicles and we refuse to build new (electric) re-fuelling station (stops)?

 

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I suspect the vested interests have been telling many governments and many Aussies that what happens overseas can't be done here because it is such a big country. Which is untrue.
People then don't bother checking those erroneous facts and there you go. Houses are being built without future proofing too so there are insufficient charging stations.

Hurrah at last someone important pushing the agenda

And so we switch to electric vehicles and we refuse to build new (electric) re-fuelling station (stops)?

 

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Hurrah at last someone important pushing the agenda

You all know before cars, there were horse and carts which needed watering stations and hotels to accommodate walkers..... it’s why villages in places like the UK & Europe & Japan are so close together ..... and then came the stagecoach, rollicking on rough roads but again. New stations were built

Then came the steam rail era so new stations were built and Grand Hotels were built
And then came electric trams and so new (stops) stations were built
And then came buses and new depots were built (but we got lazy and re-used old tram stops)
And then came the car and new (service re-fuel) stations were built and new motels...

And then came the plane and new terminal (stations) were built and hotels and motels

And so we switch to electric vehicles and we refuse to build new (electric) re-fuelling station (stops)?

Who is the 'we'? In many of the examples quoted, it was left to the market to sort out.

What electric refuelling stations are 'we' supposed to provide?

 

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After this is all over we will get the Corona Levy