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\name{ato_medicare_levy}
\alias{ato_medicare_levy}
\title{Medicare Levy and Medicare Levy Surcharge}
\source{
Australian Taxation Office Taxation Statistics
Individuals. Licensed CC BY 2.5 AU.
}
\usage{
ato_medicare_levy(year = "latest", component = c("levy", "surcharge"))
}
\arguments{
\item{year}{\code{"YYYY-YY"} or \code{"latest"}.}

\item{component}{One of \code{"levy"} (default, standard Medicare
Levy) or \code{"surcharge"} (MLS).}
}
\value{
An \code{ato_tbl}.
}
\description{
Returns aggregate Medicare Levy and MLS data from Taxation
Statistics Individuals. The 2\% Medicare Levy is on most
taxable income; MLS is an additional 1.0 to 1.5\% on high-income
earners without adequate private hospital cover. Used in
private health insurance reform analysis.
}
\examples{
\donttest{
op <- options(ato.cache_dir = tempdir())
try(ato_medicare_levy(year = "2022-23", component = "surcharge"))
options(op)
}
}
\references{
Commonwealth of Australia. \emph{Medicare Levy Act 1986};
\emph{A New Tax System (Medicare Levy Surcharge -- Fringe
Benefits) Act 1999}.

Productivity Commission (2015). \emph{Efficiency in Health}.
Analysis of Medicare Levy and MLS distributional effects.
}
\seealso{
Other specialist: 
\code{\link{ato_compliance}()},
\code{\link{ato_division293}()},
\code{\link{ato_fuel_tax_credits}()},
\code{\link{ato_international}()},
\code{\link{ato_prrt}()},
\code{\link{ato_rba}()},
\code{\link{ato_state_tax}()},
\code{\link{ato_tax_expenditures}()},
\code{\link{ato_whm}()}
}
\concept{specialist}
