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One of the arguments presented by the salary packaging companies (please note these are companies that only exist due to the combination of a tax loophole and tricky marketing – https://taxrambling.wordpress.com/2013/11/29/the-post-the-salary-packagers-do-not-wanted-you-to-see/) is that removing the statutory method for calculating car fringe benefits would hurt the local car manufacturers. But by 2017 there will be no local car manufactures (Toyota will go to). So can we just kill this concession. In 1986 when the statutory method was introduced 87% of new cars were made in Australia. Now it is 15% and by 2017 it will be 0%. It is time to get rid of this $1 billion a year car support anomaly.