ABA estimates 300 bookshops would qualify for proposed tax offset

Monday, 13 July 2026 Books+Publishing

The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has estimated 300 bookshops would be eligible for its proposed Bookshop Vitality Tax Offset (BVTO), which it has outlined in a new policy brief. Previously called the Australian Independent Bookshop Tax Offset in the ABA’s submission to the Australian Government’s cultural policy, the BVTO aims...