One of the key findings in the NFAW 2017-18 Gender Lens report, released today, is that the combination of various policy changes this year could lead to an effective marginal tax rates of 100% or higher for some women.
The “stacking together” of changes to the medicare levy, HECS and government benefits and different income tests, can create a very different effective tax rate.
Changes in this Budget mean a graduate earning $51,000 could have less disposable income than someone earning $32,000. Because women are overrepresented at lower income levels, changes to government benefits and increases in taxes have a disproportionate effect on women.
https://womensagenda.com.au/latest/some-women-to-be-hit-with-an-effective-marginal-tax-rate-of-100/
http://www.nfaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/FINAL-Gender-Lens-2017.pdf