Jim Chalmers has pressed ahead with ‘Division 296’, a banal-sounding name for one of the most pernicious taxes considered in Australia.
Division 296 would impose a tax on unrealised gains earned on superannuation balances above $3 million. This threshold is not indexed or benchmarked to the market. The tax rate would be 30 per cent.
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