2025-26 Federal Budget Update

The 2025-26 Federal Budget has been handed down this evening by Treasurer, Jim Chalmers.

The Association’s Head of Policy and Advocacy, Tracey Scotchbrook, was in Canberra and attended the key stakeholder Lock Up.

The SMSF Association Budget summary highlights the key and relevant changes including:

  • Enhancing Tax Practitioner Regulation and Compliance

  • Strengthening Tax Integrity

  • Treasury Portfolio – Additional Resourcing

  • Personal Income Tax – New tax cuts

  • Personal Income Tax – Increasing the Medicare levy low-income thresholds

  • Small Business Support – $20,000 instant asset write-off

  • Implementation of Aged Care Reforms

At the time of publishing, the contents of this resource were accurate and correct.

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