About 110 of the state’s top high-fee paying private schools will be required to pay tax on staff salaries, raising more than $420m over three years
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Fears that stripping “high-fee” Victorian private schools of their payroll tax exemption will lead to job losses are a “red herring”, education experts say.
The change, revealed in last week’s state budget, means about 110 private schools will be required to pay tax on staff salaries, raising more than $420m over three years.
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