Backpackers from eight countries will be able to save thousands of dollars after the Australian High Court ruled on Wednesday that the government’s tax on working vacation makers from these countries is unfair. In December 2016, Australia legislated a backpacker tax that will see working holidaymakers charged a flat rate of 15% on incomes up to AU$37,000, a tax of AU$5,550, which is higher than that of native Australians. Local Australians are exempt from tax on income up to AU$18,200, and if they earn up to AU$37,000 a year, the tax is only AU$3,572. Catherine Addy, a British backpacker, working as a waitress in Sydney, filed a federal court case against the backpacker tax for discriminating against her nationality and violating the Australia-UK treaty on avoidance of double taxation. Addy initially won her case in October 2019. But the federal court overturned the decision in August 2020. She then appealed …