Tax reform is dead, long live tax reform
Will the government's stage 3 shift open the door to broader changes to the tax system, or slam it shut completely?
Treasurer Jim Chalmers this week appeared to pour cold water on the idea of a summit on reforming our troubled tax system.
Responding to questions yesterday about a Business Council of Australia proposal to launch such a national discussion, Chalmers was non-committal.
“I think in the here and now we’ve got a tax reform agenda which is right for the economic conditions that we face,” Chalmers said at the press conference.
As the stage 3 saga shows us, though, for this government the “here and now” can change very quickly.
