28 Jul 2023

Australian tax partner weighs in on GST debate

From Checkpoint, 5:18 pm on 28 July 2023

It looks like GST on food is going to be hard fought election turf. Te Pati Maori wants the 15 percent tax gone off all kai and Labour is rumoured to be ditching it off fruit and vegetables as an election promise.

Australia has no GST on most of its food, with the exception of bakery products, savoury snacks, confectionery, icecream and certain drinks.

And that led to a few legal tussles.

Michelle Bennett is a Melbourne-based Tax Partner for BDO and spoke to Lisa Owen.