Meet the real high taxpayers. They're not high earners
The budget pushed low-income earners' marginal tax rate up towards 100 per cent.
Peter Martin is the economics editor for The Age, based at Parliament House
The budget pushed low-income earners' marginal tax rate up towards 100 per cent.
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Tuesday week, Morrison and Turnbull will no longer be as limited by concern about budget deficit.
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