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Victorian Micro-Businesses and Start-Ups Are ‘Falling Through the Cracks’: Council of Small Business

Victorian Micro-Businesses and Start-Ups Are ‘Falling Through the Cracks’: Council of Small Business
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Henry Jom
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Victorian start-ups and micro-businesses not registered for GST are being excluded from the Victorian government’s support payments amid overwhelming pleas for assistance.

According to the Council of Small Business Organisations of Australia, rules around the Business Assistance Package were “inequitable and unfair,” especially with businesses not registered for GST but “suffering proportionately” with other GST-registered businesses reported The Age.
Henry Jom
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Henry Jom is a reporter for The Epoch Times, Australia, covering a range of topics, including medicolegal, health, political, and business-related issues. He has a background in the rehabilitation sciences and is currently completing a postgraduate degree in law. Henry can be contacted at [email protected]
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