Fake Labor supports Coalition’s high income tax cuts

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Amazingly, Labor will not make changes to the stage three income tax cuts if it wins the upcoming federal election.

The legislated tax cuts are due to take effect as from 1 July 2024 and will see a 30% tax rate applied to all income between $45,000 and $200,000, while the 37% tax rate will be abolished.

It has been estimated the tax cuts will cost $137 billion between the date of their implementation and the end of the decade.

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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.