Company Tax Rate Cut
Small companies with an annual turnover up to $10 million will receive a tax cut this financial year with the tax rate decreasing from 30% to 27.5%.
This will be followed by tax cuts for companies turning over up to $25 million in 2017-18, and up to $50 million in 2018-19.
The tax cut announcement is in line with the intention of the original bill, “Treasury Laws Amendment (Enterprise Tax Plan) Bill 2016”, to have an eventual reduction to 25%, no matter the turnover, in stages up until the 2026-27 year.
Small Business Threshold increase
As an added bonus, the government has also announced that the threshold at which a business is identified as a “small business” is to be increased to $10 million effective from July 1, 2016.
It is important to note however that the threshold for eligibility for the small business CGT concessions will still remain at $2 million and the threshold for eligibility for the unincorporated small business tax discount stays at an annual turnover of $5 million (although the discount will increase to 8%).
More guidance will be expected in the imminent Federal Budget papers.
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