Hiking payroll tax will push firms out of ACT: business chamber

Business shocked at payroll tax jump

Greg Harford, Canberra Business Chamber CEO…. the payroll move was “nothing more than a tax on jobs and sends completely the wrong signals to the business community around Australia and the world.”  The Canberra Business Chamber has slammed the Labor government’s announcement of a payroll tax rate of 8.75 per cent for large businesses in the ACT. The government’s move follows it caving in on Monday to pressure from the Greens to reduce the budge…

Hiking payroll tax will push firms out of ACT: business chamber

Canberra's payroll tax rise could push businesses out, says Business Chamber, as ACT cuts controversial budget health levy.