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I’ll set the scene by citing the words of two people, words uttered within the past few months.

Victorian businesses which pay less than $850,000 in wages a year should be exempt from paying payroll tax, according to Victoria’s peak business group.

David Henderson, CEO of ROCG Asia Pacific believes that the promise of a new financial year is the best time of year to make new resolutions.

​Business groups say Australia needs the federal budget to be bold, not dull as the Prime Minister forecast last week.

​The founder of Smithfield’s ​Ox Engineering has suggested that the NSW government rethink a few policies.

The Senate has voted down a Government budget proposal that would have reduced research and development tax breaks by 1.5 per cent.

The Labor Opposition says its plan to crackdown on tax avoidance by multinationals would save at least $1.9 billion over four years.

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia has made a set of recommendations for increasing the state’s manufacturing competitiveness.

​Biotherapies company CSL has decided to build a new, $500 million plant in Switzerland due to factors including a lower corporate tax rate.

Budget cuts should target industry assistance as well as help to exporters and the tourism sector, according to a report commissioned by the government.

Caterpillar fronts court over claims it paid millions to circumvent paying billions in US taxes.

The perennial issue of whether a person is or should be engaged as a contractor or employee continues to baffle…

Cook Medical has spoken of what it sees as a need for tax reform to encourage the development of Australian IP locally.

Mining giant Rio Tinto will not sell its underperforming Pacific Aluminium, its Australasian aluminium assets amid the mining slowdown.

The best way Australia can ensure that it does its fair share in achieving climate change goals is to implement a long-term climate budget.

The AMWU has met Electrolux’s Orange plant’s management and said that the union will be following a six-month review closely.

Investing in R&D is an important part of operations for many manufacturing companies and can drive the achievement of long term success, Deloitte’s Andrew Leung & Jason Crawford explain.

Larger businesses have hit out against the federal government’s changes in tax laws which switch corporate tax payments from quarterly to monthly instalments. Several industry leaders feel this is another blow to Australia’s manufacturing industry which is already facing severe problems.