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How Labor's tax policy will deliver 'perverse' outcomes

Joanna Mather
Joanna MatherWealth editor

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Financial planners have detailed a range of "perverse" outcomes likely under Labor's plan to deny franking credits to some self-funded retirees.

Take the example of a husband and wife with $1 million who end up receiving a smaller income in retirement than a couple who saved $500,000.

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Joanna Mather joined the AFR as an education reporter in 2008. She spent four years in the Canberra press gallery before becoming superannuation reporter in 2016, deputy news director in 2021 and wealth editor in 2023. Connect with Joanna on Twitter. Email Joanna at jmather@afr.com

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