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It's hard to find out who Labor's dividend imputation policy will hit, but it is possible, and it isn't the poor

  • Written by Elizabeth Savage, Professor of Health Economics, University of Technology Sydney
It's hard to find out who Labor's dividend imputation policy will hit, but it is possible, and it isn't the poorTaxable income tells us little about who benefits from imputation cheques.Shutterstock

Labor’s proposal to end cash refunds of unused dividend imputation credits is highly targeted.

It certainly doesn’t apply to age pensioners, even part pensioners, courtesy of Labor’s Pensioner Guarantee.

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