Tourism, farming sectors helped form lower backpacker tax

By Laura Tingle
September 30 2016 - 12:00pm
Deloittes says the new 19 per cent backpacker tax regime is only slightly less attractive that operating in New Zealand and better than tax arrangements in Canada and Britain.
Deloittes says the new 19 per cent backpacker tax regime is only slightly less attractive that operating in New Zealand and better than tax arrangements in Canada and Britain.

The new 19 per cent backpacker tax rate was based on recommendations from stakeholders including the tourism and agriculture sectors, unions and labour hire companies, according to a Deloitte report upon which the government built its compromise policy unveiled this week.

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