The Morrison government's pre-election budget has a few, one-off payments for Australians to help with the cost of living. Most people will get something, ...
questioned the Australia Institute's chief economist Richard Denniss. However, the largest tax cuts will go to the highest-income earners, and Labor has committed to keeping them. According to the Morrison government, the changes will see around 95 per cent of taxpayers facing a marginal tax rate of no more than 30 per cent from 2024-25. - lower the 32.5 per cent marginal tax rate to 30 per cent, leaving all earnings between $45,001 and $200,000 facing a marginal tax rate of 30 per cent. The government has chosen to phase out the so-called Low and Middle Income Tax Offset (LMITO), but it will increase the payment for everyone, by $420, for its last year of operation. The payment will be given to eligible recipients of the following schemes, and to concession card holders:
Six million Australians can claim a $250 payment directly into their bank accounts - here's who is eligible for the cash injection.
• Farm Household Allowance recipients • Jobseeker Payment recipients • Special Benefit recipients • Youth Allowance recipients • Carers Payment recipients • Parenting Payment recipients
Welfare recipients will receive $250 each in April, while low and middle income earners will get a new $420 tax offset in the new financial year.
The cost of supermarket staples has increased sharply since the pandemic began. But the new tax offsets will cost $4.1 billion. After concessional prescription holders reach the threshold they are eligible for free or further discounted medicines. Previously, the full offset was worth $1080 for singles, in annual tax returns from the ATO. The lowering of the threshold means it will be reached with about 12 fewer scripts a year, and two fewer for general patients. The cash will be tacked on to the final year of the existing low and middle income tax offset, and be paid out in tax returns after the end of the current financial year.