So Mr Eslake instead turned his mind to growing revenue.
The main way to do that is with new or expanded taxes, with Mr Eslake raising a few different proposals for consideration:
- Lowering the threshold at which companies pay payroll tax
- Scrapping stamp duty, and replacing it with a broad-based land tax
- Increasing motor vehicle registration costs
- Increasing mining royalties
But within hours of the report being released publicly, Treasurer Michael Ferguson had knocked all of those proposals on the head.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-24/jln-mps-unhappy-response-saul-eslake-report-tasmanias-finances/104263462
