Cash handouts are going to about 10 million working Australians as the Coalition’s $158 billion tax relief has passed through the Senate with bipartisan support.
Low and middle income earners (less than $126,000 a year) will qualify. Around 4.5 million will get the full lump sum, while the majority will receive a tax relief to some degree.
How much is the cash handouts?
Low and middle income earner tax offset will be:
- $1,080 for singles (per year)
- $2,160 for dual-income households (per year).
When will the cash handouts start arriving?
If you have already lodged a tax return, you’ll get yours in July 2019. Otherwise, it will arrive over the coming months.
How to get the cash handouts?
You won’t need to do anything to claim it. It will show up automatically in your account.
2019 Cash Handouts & Tax Relief Click To TweetThe 3 stages of the Coalition’s tax package
- Stage 1: After individual taxpayers file their tax return, they will get a cash refund of up to $1,080.
- Stage 2: In 2022/23, it would raise the top limit of the 19% tax bracket from $41,000 to $45,000 to fight bracket creep. The low income offset would also be increased from $645 to $700.
- Stage 3: From July 1, 2024, the tax rate of 32.5% will drop to 30% — this is for all workers earning between $45,000 and $200,000.
With the tax package, an Aussie with an average taxable income of around $60,000 would be more than $15,000 better off over a decade, the Coalition claims.
Before the package was passed, Labor supported the first 2 stages but not the 3rd, disputing the rollout date was too far off for the Parliament to decide on now.
The Opposition abandoned its proposed amendments, reasoning its priority was “to get more money into the hands of more workers, sooner”.
Through a public statement, Centre Alliance has declared its support for the package.
“Supporting the tax cuts will reward Australian taxpayers and provide a stimulus to the economy that almost all economists have called for, including the Reserve Bank Governor,” the statement reads.
Independent senator Jacqui Lambie also confirmed her support for the plan, clinching the support the Coalition needed to pass the tax package.
Ms Lambie wants Tasmania’s $157 million public housing debt to be wiped clean in return for her support.
“I need those kids and their families off the streets in warm houses,” she told reporters, according to AAP.
“I’m not sitting around on this for another four or five weeks while we play argy bargy.”
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