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Tax surge consuming up to 45pc of household income

Michael Read
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Australian households are devoting up to 45 per cent of their income to taxes, according to a new report predicting the total amount of revenue collected by federal and state governments will hit a 23-year high this year.

Federal, state and local government tax revenue is expected to amount to a near-record 30 per cent of gross domestic product in 2023-24, according to the paper from the Centre for Independent Studies, a centre-right leaning think tank.

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Michael Read is the Financial Review's economics correspondent, reporting from the federal press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously an economist at the Reserve Bank of Australia and at UBS. Connect with Michael on Twitter. Email Michael at michael.read@afr.com

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