26-11-2025 21:30 via drive.com.au

Luxury Car Tax axing inches closer as EU free trade deal progresses

The Luxury Car Tax’s removal may still be on the cards as part of free-trade negotiations with the European Union.
Anthony Albanese (right) image by Hilary Wardhaugh/Getty Images.
The demise of Luxury Car Tax has taken another small step closer to reality, as free-trade talks with the European Union progress.The controversial tax – a 33 per cent levy on every dollar a new car costs above certain thresholds – has been identified as a pillar of Australia-EU free-trade negoti
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