Costings clash over Coalition's tax-deductible dining pledge

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Costings clash over Coalition's tax-deductible dining pledge

A pre-election policy scuffle has broken out over the Coalition’s tax-deductible dining pledge for small business, as Treasurer Jim Chalmers put the bill for the policy at $1.6 billion earlier this week. The Treasury says it estimated the cost of the policy “based on parameters made publicly available by the Coalition” so far. “We now know from the Treasury costing that what Peter Dutton is proposing will cost $1.6 billion a year, but could cost…