Voters don’t buy Coalition’s company tax cut lies

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By Leith van Onselen

The Turnbull Government will reportedly introduce legislation to implement its proposal to progressively cut the company tax rate to 25% over 10 years, with Treasurer Scott Morrison continuing to claim that 50% of the benefits of the cuts would be passed on to workers in the form of higher wages. From The AFR:

Federal parliament will begin debating on Tuesday afternoon the $50 billion tax cut plan as the first step of passing it through the House of Representatives before it will hit major blockades in the Senate.

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.