Original article by Joanna Mather
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 5 : 20-Oct-15

CPA Australia supports the idea of raising the tax-free threshold to match the minimum wage at $A33,327 a year, to compensate low-income earners for increasing the goods and services tax. CPA CEO Alex Malley said such a move would make work more attractive than welfare payments. Australian National University research fellow Rob Bray has doubts about the effectiveness of the higher tax-free threshold.

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