The Victorian government has walked back its plans to charge 110 high-fee private schools payroll tax and revealed the debt-busting measure will rake in less money than the state budget forecast just 10 days ago.
But Premier Daniel Andrews on Friday said overall revenue from the new measure would “almost certainly” be lower than the budget forecast because fewer than 110 schools would lose their exemptions.
Government officials told the sector on Monday that the definition of high-fee schools was based on the same standard used to decide eligibility for the COVID-19 tutoring program.Access to that program was limited to schools that charged less than $7500 in student fees. Factoring in indexation for inflation, the Department of Treasury and Finance said schools that charged fees ofBut Andrews said the state budget made that assumption because it was the only threshold that already existed.
Shadow education spokesman Matt Bach said Labor should scrap the policy entirely. “After a week of chaos, this is simply an admission of the huge pain Labor’s schools tax will cause so many Victorian families,” he said.
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