Grattan: Cutting company taxes will make us poorer

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By Leith van Onselen

The Grattan Institute has released a new report entitled Stagnation nation? Australian investment in a low-growth world, which cautions that cutting Australia’s company tax rate to 25% from 30% will do little to boost foreign investment but would likely cost the Budget dearly and lower living standards of resident Australians, at least over the first 20 years.

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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.