Push for GST overhaul

STATES will face fresh pressure to dump regressive taxes such as stamp duty as the Turnbull Government mounts a push to overhaul GST distribution.

Treasurer Scott Morrison will meet with his state counterparts in Canberra later this month to find consensus on GST reform, giving states an incentive to scrap payroll tax and stamp duty. But Mr Morrison has a battle on his hands, with proposed Productivity Commission modelling showing Queensland would have been up to $730 million worse off under the new system.

Queensland is expecting its GST share to drop even without any change to the distribution method.