ACT govt offers GPs a payroll tax exemption, but on one condition

Chief Minister Andrew Barr has announced general medical practices that bulk bill 65 per cent of all patients will be exempt from payroll tax. Picture by Karleen Minney

Medical practices that bulk bill 65 per cent of all patients will be exempt from payroll tax in the ACT for the next two years.

The territory government will introduce the measure in an attempt to curb the fallout from new rules requiring general medical practices to pay payroll tax.