Franking: A capital update ... Glossy, full-color and printed on heavy card stock, the four-page flier from Rep. Lynn Jenkins cost $18,800 in postage alone - paid for entirely by taxpayers.

Franking Critics Want Full Disclosure of Costs By Elizabeth Brotherton. Posted September 24, 2007 at 6:00pm. Since he entered Congress ...

Almost three decades of Members mailing glossy newsletters and legislative updates to their constituents has cost taxpayers more than $1.4 billion — and most ... (R-Ariz.), a critic of franking.

WASHINGTON — Franking — the privilege that allows members of Congress to send mail as part of their official business with taxpayers footing the bill — may be dropping off ...

Here's why the franking credits that come with our fully franked ASX dividend shares ... Home / ⏸️ Archive / ⏸️ Best ASX Shares / ⏸️ Dividend Shares / The real cost of our franking ...

Would contract for difference (CFD) traders in the sharemarket benefit greatly from franking credits if they were available? When Macquarie Bank asked traders what they wanted from CFDs, high on ...

Franking was the prerogative only of certain important personages, such as royalty and legislators. Those who enjoyed this right were able to send their mail free of charge by merely signing their ...

AAP FactCheck examined Senator Kristina Keneally's claims that franking credits cash refunds cost the federal government $6 billion a year, that this figure was greater than the amount the government ...

Franking credit law ‘will hurt retirees’, says Coalition. The Coalition says people aged over 75 and superannuation funds are among the most affected by new laws to curb the claiming of ...

Based on 2018 budget forecasts, the PBO estimates the cost of Medicare to be $32 billion in 2028-29. By then, lost revenue ($20 billion) and increased spending ... Franking credits, ...

Wilson Asset Management chairman Geoff Wilson says the government’s bid to raise $10 million by modifying legislation around franking credits will cripple the growth of small companies and push ...

According to 2018 Treasury Freedom of Information documents, cash refunds on franking credits cost $5.9 billion in 2014/15 and that amount rose to $6.3 billion in 2015/16.