Carbon Tax: What Will It Really Cost You?
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  Running Time: 6:27 Date: 01/05/2012 The Carbon Tax will affect SMEs as well as the big polluters - check out your own situation. The Federal Government's carbon pricing scheme targets major polluters, but they're likely to pass cost increases on down the supply chain to SMEs and - eventually - their customers. Roland Burt of M+K Lawyers says the aim of the legislation is to change behaviour at all levels of business,and thus reduce carbon emissions, so flow-on effects must be expected. He says it's important to look at contractual arrangements, particularly where supply pricing is concerned. Costs of electricity and building materials in particular will rise -can you absorb those increases without destroying already-thin margins, or will the customers have to pay? Topics: Management |
 Roland Burt, M+K Lawyers |