At 33%, New Zealand’s highest income tax rate is relatively low compared to other economies. Lifting it and cutting tax for low-income earners could improve welfare.
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Politicians oppose toll roads on Johannesburg’s highways, yet they are textbook example of progressive taxation that favours the poor.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics’ latest analysis of the impact of government benefits and taxes on household income shows this reduces income inequality by more than 40% in Australia.
The Republican tax plan would ultimately make the current system less progressive while reducing the overall burden, two things research shows make countries less happy.
The AiGroup’s Innes Willox’s statement that Australia has “one of the highest progressive tax rates in the developed world”. We asked the AiGroup for sources to support his statement.
The AiGroup’s Innes Willox told Q&A that Australia has one of the highest progressive tax rates in the developed world. Is that true?
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Peter Whiteford is a Friend of The Conversation.Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor, Curtin Law School and Curtin Business School, Curtin University
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Chair, Human Dimensions of Environmental Systems and Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Lecturer, School of Taxation ＆ Business Law, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Academic, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Public Economics and Taxation, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Chair in Public Finance, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
