The carbon tax will be introduced in July this year, bringing higher running costs to businesses. Here’s three easy ways you can future proof your business’ bottom line against the looming tax.
Is your fleet carbon tax ready? Ian Daniel proposes a few investments to make sure you’re on the right side of the Clean Energy Act.
“For fleet businesses the time has come to start looking at ways to reduce emissions, thereby reducing tax liability and remaining competitive in the marketplace.”
Opposition spokesperson Senator Scott Ryan on how the Federal Government has failed small business:
“Small businesses comprise 96 percent of all Australian enterprises. It is a sector that is only ignored at our greater peril, yet it is one to which this Labor Government has refused to listen.”
If you’re a small business intending to pass on the costs of the carbon tax to your customers and suppliers, you’d better be careful about it.
Brad Callaughan blogs about what the carbon tax really means for small businesses.
“Talking to businesses, I sense a lot of unease about this new tax and the lack of information out there that allow us to understand and prepare for this new tax…”
The carbon tax is coming, and lawyers are warning that businesses must review their contractual rights and obligations around the passing on of carbon costs so they’re not left with an unacceptable share of the cost burden when the legislation kicks in.
Local business owners’ dissatisfaction with the Federal Government has reached highs not seen since 2008, as they call for immediate action on five key areas.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is working on a guide to assist businesses in understanding their rights and obligations when making claims about the impact of the carbon price.
The Gillard Government’s carbon tax legislation has passed through Parliament, making it certain a tax of $23 per tonne of carbon on the country’s 500 worst polluters will begin in 2012, and businesses aren’t happy.
Melbourne-based SMEs looking to cut their electricity costs now have access to a new solution from CarbonetiX, which is designed to help businesses cut their consumption by up to 50 percent.
