Australian Treasury releases new dodgy modelling on company tax cuts

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By Leith van Onselen

In February 2016, The Australian Treasury released modelling on the Turnbull Government’s plan to cut the rate of company tax from 30% to 25% over 10 years.

This modelling estimated that the full company tax cut package would cost the Budget some $11.3 billion per year. However, this would be reduced to $8.2 billion due to “a gain in personal income tax and superannuation income tax of $3.1 billion as the cut in company tax automatically reduces the value of franking credits”.

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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.