Printing Industries is running a survey to determine the impact of the carbon tax on printing industry businesses, with the results to be used as part of the organisation’s advocacy efforts with politicians and senior policy makers in the government.

Hagop Tchamkertenian, national manager for policy and government affairs, Printing Industries says the results were an important part of an on-going campaign to find ways of minimising the impact of the tax on businesses.

Tchamertenian says, “The greater the participation and comments we can get on this issue, the more effective our lobbying can be on behalf of the industry.”

He says, “With the price on carbon tax as its better known, now operating for some eight months, sufficient time has passed to make an assessment of the impact of this interim tax on businesses operating in the printing and associated industries until the planned introduction of an Emissions Trading Scheme in 2015.”

The survey seeks information on the financial impact on companies covering employment, productivity, sales and profitability. It also asks whether companies absorbed the tax or passed it onto clients in part or fully.

The survey can be accessed via this link Printing Industries Carbon Tax Impact Survey and closes on Friday April 5.