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Australia’s high court finds the higher rate of tax for working holiday makers is discriminatory and breaches treaty with UK
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Australia’s high court finds the higher rate of tax for working holiday makers is discriminatory and breaches treaty with UK
The High Court of Australia has paved the way for some working holidaymakers from overseas, including Norway and Britain, to receive a refund of the so-called “backpacker tax”.
A British woman on Wednesday won a lengthy legal fight against Australias backpacker tax, after the countrys top court agreed the levy discriminated against foreigners on working holiday visas. Catherine Addy, who had worked in Sydney in 2017, took her battle against the levy all the way to Aust ..
A British woman on Wednesday won a lengthy legal fight against Australia's "backpacker tax", after the country's top court agreed the levy discriminated against foreigners on working holiday visas.
Catherine Addy argued she had paid too much tax, in a ruling that may affect other travellers.