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Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Albanese government partially retreats on credit card issue after small business revolt

The Albanese government has made a partial retreat on the controversial move by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) to ban businesses from using credit cards to pay their tax bills.

After a backlash from many small businesses, which complained they needed the option to manage cash flow problems, the government announced on Friday it had “stepped in” to delay the ban until June 30 next year.

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