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Tess Ikonomou

Investor tax cut call as opponents fight Labor plan

Business leaders say the government's proposed tax overhaul will send talent and funds offshore. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

Investor incentives should be increased, not cut, a senior Liberal says, as Labor moves to rush its once-in-a-generation tax overhaul through parliament.

Business leaders have warned the measures, laid out in the federal budget earlier in May, will lead to talent and funding moving offshore as the existing 50 per cent capital gains discount is axed in favour of a minimum 30 per cent tax rate.

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