b'16 JUNE 2020 The Great Eastern MailPayroll tax relief to drive business Golden tag confidence in East Gippsland initiative must recommenceS MALLofandmediumVictorians back to work. toUnderTheNationalsplan,ITH overnight travel sizedbusinessesinEastisPayroll tax is a tax on jobs andthethresholdwouldberaisedW restrictionsbeing Gippslandwillsavea disincentive for businessto $10 million in annual payroll hundredsthousandsofhire, said Mr Bull. and extended to 30 June 2021.liftedMonday, dollarsunderTheNationalsShutdownstostoptheFor larger businesses, payroll taxNationalsGippslandEastMP plan for further payroll tax relief. spreadofcoronavirushavewould be payable on each dollarTimBullisseekingthere-Thecalltoimmediatelysaved lives, but its smashed ourof payroll paid in excess of $10openingoftheGoldenTag implementtemporarylocalbusinesses,jobsandthemillion. recreationalfishingincentive payrolltaxreliefmeasureslocal economy. Rebuildingourlocalto bring visitors back to the East forallbusinessesacrossEastA lot of Victorian businesseseconomies is paramount to getGippsland region.Gippslandonthefirst$10areonlifesupportattheVictoria back to work and backMrBullproposedthe millionofannualpayrollwillmoment.Theyneedaheart- in business. Businesses are theinitiativetoreinvigoratepost-help get locals back on their feetstarter to get them back in thereal drivers of our economy, notfiretourismandworked after the coronavirus pandemic. gameandourpayrolltaxcutgovernments, said Mr Bull. withGovernmentonits GippslandEastNationalswould do just that. Onlywhensmallandimplementation,whichsaw MP,TimBull,saidthiswouldTheAndrewsLabormediumbusinessesarebackseveralhundredtaggedfish deliverapayrolltaxsavingofGovernmentstemporaryin business, creating more jobsreleased into waterways. LuckyLocal MP Tim Bull, wants the Golden Tag incentive re opened to upto$485,000forbusinessesassistance in raising the payrollforVictorians,willourstatesanglersthatcatchoneoftheencourage visitors back to the East Gippsland Region. in 2020-21just the incentivetax threshold to $3 million endseconomy be headed in the righttagged fish receive $2,000.abusinessneedstohelpgeton 30 June 2020. direction. EastGippslandlostitscircumstances. receiving end of three years of touristseasonafterthefiresHowever,nowfishingdrought, then the fires and now ran right through January andispermittedandtravelCOVIDandthebusinessand this was one way governmentrestrictionsarebeingliftedtourismsectorisstruggling. couldprovideanincentivetofrom June 1, we need to get itHavingthisinitiativerestored getpeoplebacktothearea,open again. will hopefully get those anglers said Mr Bull. There will be a lot of peoplewho are weighing up options, Anumberoffishwerekeentogetawayandenjoyto come our way.caughtpre-COVID,butwiththeoutdoorsafterbeingIwillbecontactingboth travelrestrictionsinplace,ithousebound and I would arguetheMinisterandFisheries Helpful Hint #7 wassuspendedbyFisheriesEastGippslandneedsthemVictoriaofficeseekingits Victoria, which was completelymore than any other area. recommencementassoonas understandableintheWehavebeenonthepossible, he said.REMINDER SOLUTIONS: FROM PAGE 9 SUDOKU:2068PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCEFOR GAS APPLIANCESCheck /Service your gas appliances every 2 years minimum.Carbon monoxide safety test(Carbon monoxide will kill) and gas2069leak pressure test.Have your Gas heating checked before winter use. 76 Macleod St, Bairnsdale. Ph: 5152 4894Check/Clean filters regularly.An Annual or Biennial check/serviceMEGALSwelcomesnewteammemberRyanKilpatrick, will improve efficiency of appliances,whose 15 years work experience started here in Bairnsdale running costs and most importantlyas an apprentice and once qualified, he became a Gas Fitter/will give you and your family peacePlumber specializing in gas heating, evaporative cooling and of mind knowing the appliances havecommercial maintenance. Puzzles supplied by Lovatts Publicationsbeen checked by a qualified gas fitter/ Ryan and his family have returned to the region to have aPty Ltd www.puzzlexperts.complumber. healthier lifestyle and for the kids to have country upbringing.For your automotive needsRoadworthy TestingAutomotive RepairsLPG SpecialistsInjection KitsLogbook ServicingGeneral MechanicalRepairs8 Collins Street, BAIRNSDALE'