Progressivity of the Commonwealth Personal Income Tax, 1917–1997

Julie Smith

Australian Economic Review, 2001, vol. 34, issue 3, 263-278

Abstract: This article assesses changes in personal income tax progressivity since 1916–17. Before World War II, legislative action changed tax progressivity; after, declines mainly reflected tax policy inertia.

Date: 2001
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