It should go without saying that this is appalling public policy. Of all the things small businesses can spend money on, business lunches are the least likely to improve productivity or business viability.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/22/dutton-may-think-voters-no-longer-care-about-good-government-but-theres-no-such-thing-as-a-free-lunch
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/22/dutton-may-think-voters-no-longer-care-about-good-government-but-theres-no-such-thing-as-a-free-lunch
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That's probably where he got the idea from.
😅🤣😂
That said, the Coalition’s legacy media propagandists will do their best to convince the average peep that this taxpayer-funded grift to the wealthy will somehow benefit ‘em.
Off he went into the long grass to please Gina!
Vote for LNP IPA and they’ll invite billionaires to feast on our democracy
That’s how!
I know we've done it when we know we are likely to incur a large tax bill.
It won't create jobs in that business.
And the existence of the write-off would provide a strong incentive to turn everyday lunches into tax-deductible business meetings'.
#DumbDutton
Journalists, who WILL be backed by citizens one it 'goes viral', should start campaigning to reverse our Tax system, which allows the grandiose & hugely unfair to PAYG workers, scheme whereby 'old money' is allowed "Grandfathering" of Co. profit which flow to 1 or 2 people, in reality.
This is purely to reward his mates and secure the vote of dumb “tradies” that will write off their trips to the pub.