Deloitte: Ordinary workers to shoulder bigger tax burden

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By Leith van Onselen

Deloitte has produced analysis arguing that the average tax rate paid by Australian workers will rise to a two-decade high 20% by 2021-21, which would be the second highest personal income tax burden in the nation’s history:

“Inflation pushes people into higher tax brackets, and that’s an ungainly and unfair way to raise taxes,” Deloitte Access Economics partner Chris Richardson said in the firm’s latest budget monitor.

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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.