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Personal income tax cuts are law

Scott Robertson - Wednesday, November 30, 2016

The government has finally legislated the tax cuts originally announced in the May 2016 Budget, t he following are the rates for adult residents for the 2016/17 income year (i.e., from 1 July 2016).

Taxable income

Tax on this income

0 – $18,200

Nil

$18,201 – $37,000

19c for each $1 over $18,200

$37,001 – $87,000

$3,572 plus 32.5c for each $1 over $37,000

$87,001 – $180,000

$19,822 plus 37c for each $1 over $87,000

$180,001 and over

$54,232 plus 45c for each $1 over $180,000


The above rates do not include the temporary budget repair levy (due to expire on 30 June 2017), nor the Medicare levy of 2%.

The ATO has updated the tax tables and PAYG withholding tax schedules (and their online tax withheld calculator) to reflect these changes.

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