Time for the zone tax offset to go

The zone tax offset, claimed by almost half a million Australians, will be scrapped if the recommendations of the Australian Government Productivity Commission are implemented.

The Australian Government Productivity Commission has recommended that the zone tax offset (ZTO) be abolished on the basis that there is no compelling, contemporary justification for it to continue.According to its draft report on Remote Area Tax Concessions and Payments, the offset is ineffective, poorly targeted and does not deliver on its original objective, nor any others that have been ascribed to it.  A confused purpose with outdated zonesThe ZTO was introduced in 1945 to assist em...

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Authors: Hayley Lock, Andrew Larmour,

Published Date: 09 September 2019