Fresh twist for incoming tax cuts as ‘challenging’ budget looms

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The federal government insists it hasn’t changed its position on stage 3 tax cuts that would largely benefit wealthy Australians, saying the cuts were legislated before it was sworn into power. auspol 7NEWS

Stage three tax cuts were introduced by the former Coalition government when Scott Morrison was still treasurer.Jim Chalmers says the UK's financial crisis is a ‘cautionary tale’ for Labor's October budget.It would flatten the tax bracket system so someone earning $45,001 would pay the same tax rate as someone earning $200,000.

The tax cuts also come at a massive cost to the economy, budgeted at about a quarter of a trillion dollars. “What we have seen play out in the United Kingdom is not irrelevant to us,” he said, in reference to UK Finance Minister Kwasi Kwarteng on Monday announcing his government would back down on reversing a tax break for top earners that formed part of a package aimed at boosting growth.

 

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