Tax

Govt moves to legislate gambling, tobacco activity out of RDTI


Joseph Brookes
Senior Reporter

Gambling and Tobacco firms will no longer be able to claim generous innovation tax breaks and could be stripped of claims made this year under proposed amendments to tax law circulated this week.

The changes were first flagged by Treasurer Jim Chalmers a year ago after transparency data revealed tens of millions of dollars’ worth of claims by gambling and tobacco firms.

The companies have for years been able to …

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