Budget 08: Business slugged with $1.3b software tax

Posted on May 13th, 2008 at 6:00 pm to Australian IT by AustralianIT.news.com.au | Top Stories

NEW technology in schools will be funded by hitting business with an extra $1.3 billion in taxes on software.

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