Why ordinary Aussie workers will shoulder a higher tax burden

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By Leith van Onselen

The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) has released a new report examining the future of tax revenue in Australia, which has projected that federal budget will become even more reliant on personal income tax revenue as other sources dwindle and no action is taken to better tax resources:

…since 2001–02, the most significant overall changes in tax receipts as share of GDP have been:

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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.