First $10k of income tax free

First $10k of income tax free

Posted by 191tp on November 25, 2016

While I like the idea of universal income I don't think the economy is quite ready for it yet. I'd be happy to see the first $10,000 income being untaxed as a way towards it though - far better to forego income in this way than cutting the top bracket further.

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    • Chelsea Finnie
      tagged this with interesting 2016-12-03 23:04:27 +1300
    • Richard Wyles
      commented 2016-11-26 11:19:36 +1300
      It’s 10.5% up to $14,000 now. Designing welfare simplification – i.e. a UBI to replace it – is a higher priority.
    • Richard Wyles
      tagged this with low priority 2016-11-26 11:19:36 +1300
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    • Brendan Childs
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    • Tim O’Donnell
      commented 2016-11-25 16:16:54 +1300
      If you fix the tax system to remove loopholes & have a single tax %, this won’t be needed
    • Tim O’Donnell
      tagged this with dislike 2016-11-25 16:16:54 +1300
    • Jerry Cerveny
      commented 2016-11-25 16:07:17 +1300
      Maybe even start at 15K
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