Australia and Western Australia are considered expensive places to build businesses. 

One of the key drivers of this issue is payroll tax. 

It’s a strange tax that only WA has. If income tax is attached to profit, the payroll tax is attached to the right to employ people, which puts small and medium-sized businesses at a competitive disadvantage to expand. 

Today, I have Bill Withers, the Founder of Adapt by Design, shed some light on the origin, purposes, and amount of revenue the government is getting from payroll tax. We also discuss the actionable solutions he has in mind to help the government transition off of it to attract and encourage more businesses to base themselves in WA. 

Find out more about payroll tax and its impacts by listening to this episode.