There are better options than corporate tax cuts

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The broken-record business lobby has called on the federal government to lower Australia’s corporate tax rate.

Business Council of Australia (BCA) President Geoff Culbert claimed that Australia’s 30% corporate tax rate is the third-highest among wealthy nations in the OECD and has made Australia uncompetitive and lowered invetment and productivity.

“Our corporate tax rate is uncompetitive”, Culbert said.

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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.