澳大利亚政府宣布推迟实施禁止企业用信用卡缴税的决定，以缓解小企业的现金流忧虑。1原定于12月1日生效的禁令现已延期至2025年6月30日，给予企业更长的过渡时间。1与此同时，政府将拨款支持澳大利亚税务办公室（ATO）在财政年度末前继续接受信用卡支付，相关资金将纳入12月的预算更新。1
财政部长Jim Chalmers周五早上与ATO专员Rob Heferen沟通了这一政策调整。1根据现有数据，2024-25年度仅有2%的个人和约5%的小企业通过信用卡缴税，而ATO处理信用卡交易的年度成本约为2亿美元。1信用卡公司未能提供足够低廉的费用以支持ATO继续长期接受信用卡支付。1
反对党领导人Angus Taylor对政府的决定提出批评，主张政府应彻底取消禁令而非仅延迟实施。1
The Australian government has announced a partial reversal of its decision to prohibit businesses from paying taxes via credit card, bowing to pressure from small business advocates.1 The ban, originally scheduled to take effect on December 1, has been postponed to June 30, 2025, providing an extended transition period.1 To bridge this gap, the government will allocate funding to enable the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) to continue accepting credit card payments through the end of the financial year, with this appropriation to be included in the December budget update.1
The policy shift addresses concerns about cash flow pressures on small enterprises. Treasurer Jim Chalmers communicated the government's decision to ATO Commissioner Rob Heferen on Friday morning.1 The ATO had cited the substantial cost of processing credit card transactions—approximately 200 million dollars annually—as a key reason for the original prohibition.1 Credit card companies failed to offer fees sufficiently low to sustain the ATO's continued acceptance of such payments beyond the transition period.1
Opposition leader Angus Taylor has criticized the partial retreat, arguing that the government should abolish the ban entirely rather than merely delay its implementation.1 Current data indicates that only 2 percent of individuals and approximately 5 percent of small businesses utilized credit card payments for tax purposes during the 2024-25 financial year.1
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