The Pharmacy Guild of Australia, Victoria Branch President, Anthony Tassone said that while no-one likes paying taxes, payroll tax is a well established cost of running a business or health practice including: pharmacies, and for other primary healthcare and allied health professionals.
“Many hard-working health professions, including community pharmacies, dentist practices and physiotherapy clinics amongst others are already complying with the legislation and paying their fair share of payroll tax,’ said Mr Tassone.
“Nobody likes paying tax. Tax should be as low as it can be, tax should be fair, and tax should be paid.
“Payroll tax should be applied consistently for all. Why should one health profession receive an exemption and not others? If the Victorian Government grants a payroll tax exemption to some GP practices, the Government should do the same for all primary healthcare professionals.”
“It’s important that patients have more options when it comes to primary healthcare due to the challenges of getting an appointment with a GP in a timely manner—exemptions in payroll tax and special treatment for general practice is not the answer,” Mr Tassone said.
