The Minerals Resource Rent Tax came into effect on July 1, 2012. It is a 22.5 per cent tax on the profits of iron ore and coal projects but only applies to profits over $75 million. There have been calls on different sides to both abolish and expand the tax.
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Response rates from 1.7k Nationals voters.
55% Yes |
45% No |
50% Yes |
36% No |
6% Yes, close loopholes and increase mining taxes |
5% No, leave tax as is |
3% No, leave it up to the states |
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1% No, and we should abolish it |
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Unique answers from Nationals voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@B34NJLH1mo1MO
Leave it, but it goes to a sovereign wealth fund like Norway. Politicians can not touch it for political vote getting policies.
@B34GM7Z1mo1MO
Increase for any overseas corporations and leave as is but indexed for fully Australian owned corporations
@9TQ5HHD7mos7MO
Regardless, this should be decided by a CTA (Comprehensive Tax Audit) at the end of every year, inspecting the budget and everything and deciding where to reduce spending, where to increase spending, where to reduce or increase taxes, where to privatise, where to publicise, etc. The mineral resources tax should depend on how much service/s contributed by the mineral companies.
@4SNPK4B 8mos8MO
Yes, but only on coal, to maximally discourage mining and burning even more coal. I see no particular need to have a specific tax on iron mining.
@B3BJWL41mo1MO
Yes, but any government who attempted to raise taxes on the mining industry has been promptly removed. So I don't think its a fight we can win at the moment.
@9D67HJZ2yrs2Y
Only for foreign owned companies.
@92GCYYF3yrs3Y
No, nationalise the mining industry instead
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