Treasurer indicates Labor may be prepared to stop poker machine and betting companies from accessing tax concessions for R&D
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The treasurer, Jim Chalmers, has raised the prospect of stripping gambling companies of their access to government research tax concessions after Australian Tax Office figures showed they had claimed almost $90m in a single year.
Chalmers was asked at a news conference on Monday if he had a view about poker machine and betting companies being allowed to claim government tax credits for research and development.
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