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“Thwaite appeared to shrug off the doubling in the bank surcharge to 6 per cent in the Budget.”

“The tax office surprised small business owners earlier this month as the Reserve Bank of Australia’s ban on credit card surcharges came into effect.”

“Government tries to tap into public frustration The change was announced after the Reserve Bank of Australia, which is independent, banned credit card surcharges across the board, which was hailed by Labor as a cost-of-living win for taxpayers.”

“Australians will no longer be able to pay tax with credit cards from December, after the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) declared on October 1 it could not absorb the credit card surcharges it was now banned from passing on to taxpayers.”

“In short: NSW small businesses are looking at how to cover the cost of merchant fees after the ban on card payment surcharges took effect on October 1.”

“Small business owners across Sydney are reintroducing minimum amounts for card payments and putting up signs urging customers to pay cash as they face losing thousands of dollars each year due to the ban on card surcharges.”

“Businesses are using the recent ban on credit card surcharges as “cover” to pass along much larger price increases to customers, experts say, as cafes and restaurants struggle to cope with climbing costs and rising interest rates.”

“With the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) ban on card surcharges now in effect you might start seeing local businesses offering discounts if you pay in cash.”

“A ban on card surcharges has resulted in some cafe owners raising the price of their coffee.”

“Credit and debit card surcharges were a vexed issue when banking and financial services were the target of a royal commission nine years ago.”

“The tax office surprised businesses by dropping the news that it would no longer accept the payment method on October 1, the day that a ban on card surcharges came into effect.”

“If it didn’t pass on the surcharge costs now that Labor has banned them, the ATO would have been forced to absorb a $200 million cost.”

“That was the verdict in bank boardrooms when they learned that John Healey was making them pay an extra three per cent surcharge on top of the tax they already pay on their profits.”

“A 3 per cent bank surcharge would be introduced to ‘support ordinary people’, he announced.”

“In short: Small business operators are navigating tough economic conditions, changes to payday super, a ban on debit and credit surcharges, an increase in wages and reforms to trusts.”

“These include direct debt and online banking payments, cheques, Rogers gift cards, prepaid cards, Debit Mastercard and Visa Debit.”

“Queensland Premier David Crisafulli has accused the Albanese government of launching a siege on small business following the botched credit card surcharge ban, proposed cuts to worker holiday visas and reforming trust taxes.”

“Industry Minister Tim Ayres yesterday downplayed tensions between Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers, denying the prime minister is frustrated with the treasurer amid the fallout over the ATO credit card surcharge ban.”

“Mulino said the government first became involved after the Reserve Bank of Australia announced sweeping reforms to abolish card payment surcharges, a change the central bank said would save consumers about $1.6billion a year.”

“Labor's fix for the Australian Tax Office decision to ban credit card payments for tax was only temporary, with the government still under pressure to find a permanent solution.”

“A surcharge ban promoted as consumer relief was followed by the tax office deciding to stop accepting credit cards.”

“Amid the uproar at the removal of the credit card surcharge, no one appears to be investigating how banks can make $1.6 billion from fees and charges.”

“…uesday night, the prime minister appeared to take all the credit for pushing the Australian Tax Office to delay its ban on credit card payments, even though the treasurer had indicated he was already moving to address that issue when it blew up late last…”

“…et speculation about tensions at the heart of the government on Tuesday when he suggested at the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s annual dinner that he had personally intervened to reverse an Australian Taxation Office ban on credit card…”

“…when this government is smashing small business with credit card surcharge bans, banning the payment of tax debts to the ATO, hitting them with so many other taxes and regulations, including right now before the parliament, tax changes to trusts, which will…”

“Three days after Treasurer Jim Chalmers stepped in to delay the Tax Office’s ban on credit card payments, the blowback from the Reserve Bank’s decision to end credit card surcharges continued to dominate parliament.”

“Mr Wilson said the government "hit rock bottom" last week when it was forced to delay a ban on using credit cards to pay tax bills amid backlash from small businesses.”

“Faced with the consequence of an earlier announcement by the Reserve Bank – banning credit card surcharges – the government listened to concerns and fixed the problem.”

“This week (“‘Double standard’: Business groups urge ATO to reverse its credit card ban,””

“It was the Reserve Bank that announced back in March that it would ban credit and debit card surcharges from October this year.”

“…eine aficionados recently released from the bonds of credit card machine surcharge enslavement, the sudden emergence of the El Ninoccino is the latest blow to a coffee scene which, much like the solar system, keeps expanding at the edges for reasons no one…”

“…(ATO) convened a meeting with business lobby groups on Wednesday after an outcry over its move to scrap credit cards as a payment method from the end of November – a change it announced on October 1 as a national ban on credit card surcharges came into…”