While it has now ended for plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs), there remains a Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) exemption for electric vehicles (EVs) in Australia – and the federal Opposition doesn’t plan on scrapping it should it win the upcoming federal election.
When asked whether a Coalition government would repeal the EV tax break, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton made no such pledge – even though the shadow treasurer, Angus Taylor, called it “bad policy dressed up as tax reform” back in March.
“No, we’ve said that what we’re opposed to is the Government’s big tax on…


