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political correspondent Brett Worthington

Treasurer Jim Chalmers caps super tax breaks for accounts with more than $3 million

The government will cap concessions for people with super balances of more than $3m.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers will double the tax rates paid by Australians with superannuation account balances worth more than $3 million, in a move he says is about budget sustainability and equity.

There has been an escalating war of words between Labor and the Coalition in the past week as the treasurer has continued what he is calling a national conversation on tax breaks paid to fewer than 0.5 per cent of superannuation accounts.

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