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Re: Increase to the tax free threshold
Originally Posted by anawanahuanana
(Post 10151528)
Maybe I'm just too cynical then but nothing "good" ...is cheaper than the "bad" alternatives, which is why they are still so popular. If there was a way for company X to be creating whatever they do in a cheaper way, more environmentally friendly or not, they would be doing it.
The government has taken the view that it is necessary to reduce the level of pollution. One way to ensure polluters pollute less is to make pollution expensive. The way that they go about polluting less is up to them. One can certainly criticise many things about the carbon tax but the idea of changing the market's behaviour by applying taxation and subsidy is nothing new or complicated. Tax it and they'll do less; subsidise it and they'll do more. |
Re: Increase to the tax free threshold
Originally Posted by lapin_windstar
(Post 10152214)
Well, yeah - I don't think anyone's arguing that emitters are emitting pollutants at current levels because they like emitting pollutants. They're emitting pollutants at that level because it's the cheapest way of producing their product.
The government has taken the view that it is necessary to reduce the level of pollution. One way to ensure polluters pollute less is to make pollution expensive. The way that they go about polluting less is up to them. One can certainly criticise many things about the carbon tax but the idea of changing the market's behaviour by applying taxation and subsidy is nothing new or complicated. Tax it and they'll do less; subsidise it and they'll do more. |
Re: Increase to the tax free threshold
Originally Posted by bcworld
(Post 10149529)
http://www.exfin.com/australian-tax-rates
2011-12 $80k = $17,550 tax 2012-13 $80k = $17,547 tax ...enjoy the extra $3...oh wait...did someone say flood levy! :p What is the flood levy? The government has introduced a temporary flood and cyclone reconstruction levy (flood levy), which applies to taxable income for the 2011-12 financial year only. The flood levy is designed to help affected communities recover from the recent natural disasters by providing additional funding to rebuild essential infrastructure - for example, roads, bridges and schools. The flood levy applied to taxable income from 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012. The flood levy will no longer apply to income derived on or after 1 July 2012. Last Modified: Wednesday, 4 July 2012 |
Re: Increase to the tax free threshold
Originally Posted by Vash the Stampede
(Post 10155886)
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Re: Increase to the tax free threshold
Originally Posted by NedKelly
(Post 10153299)
Well for a start carbon dioxide isn't a pollutant so this tax will do nothing to stop pollution.
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Re: Increase to the tax free threshold
Originally Posted by lapin_windstar
(Post 10158091)
You're falling into the Alan Jones fallacy, aren't you?
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Re: Increase to the tax free threshold
Originally Posted by NedKelly
(Post 10158965)
carbon dioxide is defiantly not a pollutant.
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Re: Increase to the tax free threshold
Originally Posted by bcworld
(Post 10158976)
Yeah - go CO2...you tell em!
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Re: Increase to the tax free threshold
Originally Posted by NedKelly
(Post 10158965)
Regardless of anything Alan Jones, Penny Wong and the Queen of Sheeba says, carbon dioxide is defiantly not a pollutant. The term "carbon pollution" is the fallacy.
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Re: Increase to the tax free threshold
Originally Posted by lapin_windstar
(Post 10159596)
Why not? Why?
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