I thought they definitely were scrapping it all together. I'm sure I've come across it somewhere in my ATO emails. I'm a tax agent so I get a lot of them! I was kind of surprised as the incentive to pay it out early is now completely gone! I'm like you PN, even with the current interest rates so low, I'd rather the money on my mortgage than in the govt's hands! Last year was the first time I've had to pay it since about 2006.