Craig Emerson (Rankin, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Service Economy, Small Business and Independent Contractors) Share this | Hansard source

And the clause of the bill relates to the option of getting that ratio from the tax office; that is not going to happen if this government is re-elected. That is a crying shame. This government should recognise that the No. 1 bugbear for small business is still, after six years, the GST bookkeeping requirements. This government ought to have adopted BAS Easy, but each and every one of its members voted tonight against BAS Easy.

Bill agreed to.

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