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One of the biggest questions on the capital gains tax changes is whether there will be a carve out for startups and some small businesses.
Time is ticking, with the first tranche of the legislation to be introduced to the House tomorrow.
The deputy Liberal leader, Jane Hume, says the government should allow the CGT changes to be scrutinised through a Senate inquiry. The Coalition has said that it will probably vote down the bill – despite the legislation also including the tax offsets (the $250 working Australians tax offset) that the opposition has said it does support.
double quotation markWhy deny the Senate the opportunity to scrutinise possibly the most far-reaching cash grab tax that the parliament has seen in decades? Just the idea that you could ram this through with the help of the Greens is anathema to what it is that the Senate is here to do.
Hume is asked whether the opposition would support changes to the capital gains tax discount just for housing. She says, “there’s no way that this tax can go ahead as is. No way.”