Law preventing parents from claiming childcare fees as a tax deduction to be challenged

Arnold Bloch Leibler will argue Income Tax Assessment Act anachronistic' and has not kept pace with structure of modern families

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A 50-year-old legal precedent blocking parents from claiming childcare fees as a tax deduction will be challenged in a major test high court case.

Since 1971, deductions for childcare fees have been denied by the Australian Taxation Office following the case of Ann Margaret Lodge, a single mother and law clerk who worked mostly from home.

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