Abolish or Keep? The Big Divide Over Payroll Tax

Queensland’s LNP members have voted against payroll tax, but what do the experts think?

Australian dollars in Sydney, on Jan. 15, 2016. AAP Image/Joel Carrett

Payroll tax—a tax paid by employers on the total wages they pay—has long been a point of contention for the business community.

Most recently, it returned to the spotlight after Queensland’s Liberal National Party (LNP) successfully carried a motion at its State Council meeting on the Gold Coast calling for the tax to be phased out.