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Death taxes, stamp duty cuts head reform blueprint

John Kehoe

Inheritance taxes would be introduced for deceased estates worth more than $1 million, property stamp duty abolished and payroll tax simplified under reform options proposed by economist Saul Eslake for the Tasmanian government.

Saul Eslake: "Reforms such as this would make Tasmania’s state tax system fairer."  Arsineh Houspian

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John Kehoe is economics editor at Parliament House, Canberra. He writes on economics, politics and business. John was Washington correspondent covering Donald Trump’s first election. He joined the Financial Review in 2008 from Treasury. Connect with John on Twitter. Email John at jkehoe@afr.com

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