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ACOSS welcomes roll back of Super tax breaks for very high income earners as step in right direction
28 April 2012
ACOSS has backed the announcement by the Assistant Treasurer to limit the tax breaks on super contributions for people earning more than $300 000 as a step in the right direction. The change will... [ Read more ]
ACOSS Report identifies $8b in Budget savings
26 April 2012
A new ACOSS report identifies around $8 billion dollars that could be saved in the Budget if the Federal Government tackles poorly targeted subsidies and tax concessions and clamps down on tax... [ Read more ]Fair-Go should be extended to people on income support who are living in poverty
5 March 2012
The peak body for Australia's community sector, ACOSS, supports the Treasurer Wayne Swan's call for a national debate about ‘fair' sharing of Australia's wealth from the mining boom, but wants the... [ Read more ]
National debate about ‘fair’ sharing of Australia’s wealth long overdue
2 March 2012
The peak body for Australia's community sector, ACOSS, has backed the Treasurer Wayne Swan's call for a national debate about ‘the kind of country we want to be' and how best to share the wealth of... [ Read more ]
MYEFO hits some targets and misses others: ACOSS
29 November 2011
The Australian Council of Social Service says that the Federal Government has hit some good targets, such as targeting the wasteful Living Away from Home Allowance and deferring the 50% interest... [ Read more ]
Opportunity to cut wasteful tax breaks and poorly targeted spending to balance the Budget: ACOSS
28 November 2011
The Australian Council of Social Service is urging the Federal Government to focus on cutting wasteful and poorly targeted spending and tax breaks in the forthcoming Budget to strengthen the budget... [ Read more ]
ACOSS calls for fairer tax breaks to be linked to rise in super contributions
22 November 2011
The Australian Council of Social Service today repeated its call for the Australian Government to address the inequities in the tax concessions on super contributions, with an annual capped rebate as... [ Read more ]
ACOSS calls for clear agenda on tax and transfer reform
6 October 2011
In the wake of two days of tax and transfer discussions, ACOSS is calling for the Federal Government to set out a clear agenda for reform of the tax and transfer system in the national interest.
"We... [ Read more ]
Tax Forum must unite the community around common problems, not divide it over old debates
3 October 2011
The Australian Council of Social Service is urging participants of this weeks' National Tax Forum to avoid divisive and fruitless arguments over whether we should tax consumption or income, and to... [ Read more ]
Forum a chance for tax reform the community can support
30 September 2011
Proposals to increase the GST or flatten the income tax scale will divide the community and are unlikely to succeed. Instead, the Tax Forum should focus on problems that concern the community, and... [ Read more ]