How to save $4 billion a year: reform a fuel tax credit scheme with no real rationale
- Written by Marion Terrill, Transport and Cities Program Director, Grattan Institute
Revising the generous fuel tax credits given to businesses should be a priority for the Albanese government, because keeping them would conflict with two other pressing priorities: reducing carbon emissions and repairing the budget.
Fuel tax exemptions have existed for as long as the federal government has taxed fuel, starting in 1957. With the...
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