Tinkering with super would make tax system less fair

By Daryl Dixon
Updated April 24 2018 - 8:29pm, first published November 19 2015 - 1:02pm

Far from increasing the fairness of our tax system, Treasury's latest proposal to replace the flat rate 15 per cent contributions tax by a similar rebate will only increase the tax burden on wage earners relying on compulsory super for their retirement. Everyone else, particularly high-income earners, will be largely unaffected by the change.

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