Fuel excise tax cut

Want a shortcut guide to the federal budget? Here are the answers to five quick questions from tonight's announcement.

What happened to the beer excise cut? It's been backdated to July 1 last year (so hope you kept your receipts). What does the fuel excise cut mean? What happened to the beer excise cut? Plus there's another caveat: it's temporary, just for six months. And for those on concessions, that adds up to about 12 fewer scripts per year (two for the rest of us).