A Taxing Debate
5/20/202650 min
On The Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and Stephen Mayne hand down their own budget reply and tackle listener questions on capital gains tax changes, startups, trusts, and more.
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Alan Kohler· Host0:23
[upbeat music] Hello, I'm Alan Kohler, editor-at-large of Intelligent Investor and finance presenter and columnist for the ABC.
Stephen Mayne· Host0:40
And I'm Stephen Mayne, contributor at Intelligent Investor, founder of Crikey, and shareholder activist. And we are- And we are ... the Money Cafe.
Alan Kohler· Host0:48
The Money Cafe.
Stephen Mayne· Host0:48
Well, Alan, well, uh, how are you, how are you holding up with, uh... Well, we'll get to the budgeting questions, I guess, but, uh, there's still a fair bit geopolitically. Trump to China, the Strait, will it ever open? What are you-- what's your latest hot take on all the geopolitical, uh, issues?
Alan Kohler· Host1:03
Um, well, Tr- I think Trump went to China hoping that they would pressure Iran into opening up the Strait of Hormuz and, um, [lip smacks] you know, who knows whether Xi Jinping tried to do that, but it certainly didn't work if he did. And so Iran... I mean, look, sh- some ships are getting through. Uh, it's unclear whether they're paying Iran's toll or not. I think, um, some of the kind of talk seems to be that they are. Some of them