Payroll tax: This is the biggest existential threat to general practice
AusDoc offers an idiot's guide to the issue that many doctors believe is about to erupt
Public debate around the crisis in general practice has focused on bulk-billing and Medicare rebates, but for some, payroll tax is the specialty’s existential threat.
As state governments express alarm at the health system implications of GP shortages, there is tragicomic irony in the fact that their own tax departments risk driving practices out of business.
How bad is it?
Jarrod Bramble, a partner in the accounting firm Cutcher and Neale, suggests any practice with three or more FTE GPs could be targeted.
