Originally posted by JonnoH
'Just plain wrong': Chris Bowen responds over franking credits
"First, Mr Whittaker claims the budget savings are calculated on policy settings that exclude the Turnbull government’s 2016 budget superannuation measures, including the $1.6 million tax-free superannuation balance cap. Wrong. Labor’s policies have been fully costed by the Parliamentary Budget Office, which is independent and legally obliged to cost our policies taking account of government policies - including the $1.6 million superannuation balance cap,
and other potential behavioural changes."
https://www.smh.com.au/money/tax/ju...ds-over-franking-credits-20180412-p4z95x.html
But , unfortunately they didn't, or if they did, they did it very badly.
This argument could be settled if the PBO were to release their methodology in arriving at their figures.
They can only do that if the instigator of the costing allows them to.
For some reason, that permission has not been forthcoming.
Humbug
