Innovation schminnovation

Advertisement

From the AFR:

The innovation community is aghast that the new research and development (R&D) tax credit is being considered for cuts even before the end of its first year of operation on June 30.

The credit is one of the options that could go in order to fund a company tax cut, being considered by the federal government’s business tax working group.

…PwC tax partner Sandra Mason said it was premature to change the scheme before companies had filed even their first tax return and before there was any evidence of its effectiveness.

Sell them dirt!

Advertisement

And not to be left out, for the miners out there:

About the author
David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.