From 1 July 2024, the stage 3 tax cuts that radically simplify the personal income tax brackets come into
effect. The tax cuts collapse the 32.5% and 37% tax brackets into a single 30% rate for those earning between $45,001 and $200,000 – this is
assuming
The May Federal Budget does not postpone or scrap them!
The superannuation guarantee rate will rise again on 1 July 2024 to 11.5%.
For small and medium businesses with group turnover of less than $50m, a series of concessions are set to end or reduce back to conventional
levels:
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The Skills and Training Boost ends on 30 June 2024. The boost provides a bonus deduction equal to 20% of eligible expenditure for external
training provided to your workers for costs incurred between 29 March 2022 and 30 June 2024.
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The Small Business Energy Incentive is scheduled to end on 30 June 2024, although legislation to introduce this concession still
hasn’t passed through Parliament. The incentive is intended to provide an additional 20% deduction on the cost of eligible
depreciating assets that support electrification and more efficient use of energy.
The instant asset write-off for businesses with group turnover of less than $10m is due to reduce back to $1,000 from 1 July 2024. The cost
threshold is meant to be $20,000 for the 2024 financial year, but legislation relating to this measure hasn’t passed through Parliament yet.