Labor has largely walked back the measure, but some trusts will still be hit with a 30 per cent tax.

Labor’s contentious tax hikes on capital gains and trusts have been wound back, following a sustained attack on the measures and drops in the polls.

The change means that a whole class of trusts will be exempt from the proposed 30 per cent minimum tax rate in a win for the beneficiaries of inherited wealth.

Labor has largely walked back the measure, but some trusts will still be hit with a 30 per cent tax.