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Why tax policy experts fear the Texas House plan to lower property taxes could have dire ripple effects

Both the House and the Senate’s proposals on property tax cuts would give modest savings to the typical Texas homeowner, but critics say the House plan could create vast inequities and disproportionately benefit wealthy homeowners.

The Texas Tribune

Failure to protect nature is a bigger threat to humanity than inflation, Australian scientists warn

‘For just 10% of the stage-three tax cuts, we could recover every one of Australia’s almost 2,000 threatened species,’ says ecologist

The Guardian - AU

You be the Australian treasurer: raise welfare, reform the tax system, go for a federal budget surplus

Tax cuts for high-income earners, build a bullet train, scrap the submarine program, raise jobseeker – you decide in this interactive feature

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Jobseeker must be substantially raised in the budget – and there’s a simple way to pay for it

If the stage-three tax cuts were only temporary, there would be no need to delay lifting support for those who need it most

The Guardian - AU

IRS Relief for Florida Comes as Lawmakers Mull Major Tax Cuts

Residents impacted by recent severe Florida storms have an extended IRS tax deadline.

Kiplinger

These tax cuts are set to reshape Australia's budget

The stage 3 tax cuts are too big to fit on a single screen. We had to get creative to put them into perspective.

ABC News

‘Considerable’ numbers of Labor MPs join push to raise JobSeeker

Economists, anti-poverty advocates and Labor MPs are among those calling on the government to raise the “cruel” rate of JobSeeker.

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Italy plans looser rules on short-term jobs, tax cuts on wages

Italy plans contested legislation that will make it easier for firms to hire workers on short-term contracts, as part of a set of measures aimed at boosting jobs and families' purchasing power, including tax cuts for middle- and low- income workers.

Reuters

'I was a Tory for decades - but I back our teachers and nurses fighting for fair pay'

Former Tory MP and Commons Speaker John Bercow is firmly on the side of those striking for fair pay deals - arguing people would happily forgo tax cuts to ensure dedicated professionals are properly paid

Daily Mirror

Katy Gallagher ‘unchanged’ on stage-three tax cuts, won’t commit to raising jobseeker

Leaving welfare payments at current rate ‘unconscionable and grossly irresponsible’, says anti-poverty body

The Guardian - AU

The stage-three tax cuts are bad economic policy – and a dumb political strategy, too

Does Labor think they will get credit for ‘fiscal responsibility’ from a shameless opposition that implemented the cuts in the first place?

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Afternoon Update: Labor blasted for jobseeker stance; tributes flow for Father Bob; and Melbourne’s endless suburban sprawl

Beloved Melbourne priest who defiantly and tirelessly advocated for the underdog has died aged 88

The Guardian - AU

Stage 3 tax cuts to benefit rural Australia the least, analysis shows

Country Australians will benefit the least from the stage 3 tax cuts, a new analysis based on tax data shows.

ABC News

Rural Australia and Tasmania to receive almost no benefit from stage-three tax cuts, analysis finds

‘It’s arse about face … giving nothing to the people who are screaming for assistance,’ Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie says

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Redesigned stage-three tax cuts among options that could halve $50bn budget deficit, report says

More changes to super tax breaks and a royalty on offshore gas suggested as Grattan Institute warns deficit must shrink to avoid rising debt interest bill

The Texas Tribune

Texas House approves $302.6 billion state budget with tax cuts and teacher and state employee raises

After a marathon debate, the bill will head to the Senate, where lawmakers have been crafting their own version of the spending plan.

Texas Observer

‘We Are in a Crisis’: Texas Public Schools on the Edge

Vouchers and property tax cuts strike at a public school system already hemorrhaging hard-working employees.

The Guardian - AU

Free public transport trial across Australia for 12 months would cost $2.2bn, Greens say

Parliamentary Budget Office has costed Greens’ proposal and MP says it is one-seventh the projected $17.1bn cost of stage-three tax cuts

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Inheritance taxes and negative gearing: how Australia’s top economists would raise $20bn a year

Experts also suggest scrapping the stage-3 tax cuts, placing a price on carbon and removing fossil fuel subsidies

Salon

Trump, Bush tax cuts drive national debt

“The United States does not have a high-spending problem; it has a low-tax problem,” the report concludes

The Texas Tribune

House panel advances new Texas budget with property tax cuts, teacher pay raises

The proposal recommends spending billions on programs including property tax cuts, teacher pay raises, mental health services and border security. It leaves out requests for pay raises for retired state employees and funding for rent relief and childcare programs.

The Independent UK

States cranking out even more tax cuts amid cash surpluses

The tax-cutting trend is going full force in states even as some are raising concerns about a slowing economy

AAP

Rural residents to benefit least from planned tax cuts

A new report on the federal government's stage three income tax cuts have shown those in regional areas would benefit the least from the changes.

The Independent UK

Hunt running a ‘high-tax, high-spend, low-growth, quasi-socialist economy’ – MP

Philip Davies, MP for Shipley, urged Jeremy Hunt to lower the ‘burden of taxation’ and introduce ‘some tax cuts’ days after the Chancellor’s Budget.

The New Daily

Revealed: Where the winners and losers under the Stage 3 tax cuts live

A $254 billion Stage 3 tax plan for wealthy Australians will enrich inner cities at the expense of poorer regional and rural communities.

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