Backpacker tax changes: what does it all mean for working holiday makers and the farmers who employ them?
The political fight over the backpacker tax might be over, but the confusion continues for many farmers and working holiday makers about how the new rules apply to them.
New income tax rates start in the middle of this financial year, and there are changes to backpackers’ superannuation taxes too.
ABC Rural has asked the Australian Tax Office and the Immigration Department for some more information, which we’re summarising for you here:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-13/backpacker-tax-changes-what-now/8115630