Has Labor just backed a broad-based land tax?

Thursday 11 September 2014

In welcome news, the Federal Labor Party has reportedly backed replacing inefficient and inequitable stamp duties with a “property tax”. From The AFR:

Labor has backed the concept of replacing stamp duty with a property tax as part of a tax reform agenda it is developing to make housing more affordable…

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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.