Scope: Australia
Status requires verification
New tax rates for resident taxpayers for the 2026-27 income year (Cost of Living Relief)
The Treasury Laws Amendment (More Cost of Living Relief) Act 2025 introduces reduced income tax rates starting 1 July 2026 for resident taxpayers: 15% on taxable income up to $45,000; 30% on income between $45,000-$135,000; 37% for $135,000-$190,000; 45% above $190,000. Further reduction to 14% on the first bracket to occur from 1 July 2027. These changes aim to ease cost of living pressure and reduce tax bracket creep.
Editorial impact label: High
- Published
- Not recorded
- Policy event
- Not recorded
- Effective
- Jul 1, 2026
- Verification
- Not recorded
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Scope: Australia
Status requires verification
New tax cuts for every Australian taxpayer
From 1 July 2026, the marginal tax rate just above the tax-free threshold is reduced from 16% to 15%. From 1 July 2027 this rate is further reduced to 14%, broadening take-home income for low- and middle-income earners. These changes are law under the Treasury Laws Amendment (More Cost of Living Relief) Act 2025. This principally eases bracket creep and reduces the tax burden in the lowest taxable bracket permanently.
Editorial impact label: High
- Published
- Not recorded
- Policy event
- Not recorded
- Effective
- Jul 1, 2026
- Verification
- Not recorded
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Scope: Australia
Status requires verification
Payday Super reform: super guarantee to be paid on payday from 1 July 2026
Australia’s ATO has announced that from **1 July 2026**, employers will be required to pay their employees’ Super Guarantee at the same time as their salary or wages (on payday). Contributions must be calculated based on a new definition of qualifying earnings (including ordinary time earnings and other payments) and paid to the super fund within **7 business days**, with new fund validation, data standards and payment frameworks being introduced.
Editorial impact label: High
- Published
- Not recorded
- Policy event
- Not recorded
- Effective
- Jul 1, 2026
- Verification
- Not recorded
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Scope: Australia
Status requires verification
Treasury Laws Amendment (More Cost of Living Relief) Act 2025 — new tax cuts for every Australian taxpayer
Legislation passed as Act No. 28 of 2025 that lowers the marginal tax rate for resident taxpayers earning between $18,201 and $45,000 from 16% to 15% from 1 July 2026, and further reduces the rate to 14% from 1 July 2027; aims to provide cost-of-living relief and restore bracket creep. Implications include increased take-home pay for low and middle income earners and adjustments to withholding and budgeting in financial planning.
Editorial impact label: High
- Published
- Not recorded
- Policy event
- Not recorded
- Effective
- Jul 1, 2026
- Verification
- Not recorded
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Scope: Australia
Status requires verification
Australia: New Personal Income Tax Cuts from Budget 2025-26
Under Australia’s 2025-26 Federal Budget, legislation is in place to reduce the 16% personal income tax rate to **15% from 1 July 2026**, and further to **14% from 1 July 2027**. These reforms are designed to ease cost-of-living pressures and address bracket creep. ([ato.gov.au](https://www.ato.gov.au/about-ato/new-legislation/in-detail/individuals/personal-income-tax-new-tax-cuts-for-every-australian-taxpayer?utm_source=openai))
Editorial impact label: Medium
- Published
- Not recorded
- Policy event
- Not recorded
- Effective
- Jul 1, 2026
- Verification
- Not recorded
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Scope: Australia
Status requires verification
Treasury Laws Amendment (More Cost of Living Relief) Act 2025
Lowers the personal income tax rate for taxable income between AU$18,201–AU$45,000 from 16% to 15% from 1 July 2026, then to 14% from 1 July 2027; increases Medicare levy low-income thresholds. This provides cost-of-living relief and helps counter bracket creep for low to middle incomes.
Editorial impact label: High
- Published
- Not recorded
- Policy event
- Not recorded
- Effective
- Jul 1, 2026
- Verification
- Not recorded
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Scope: Australia
Status requires verification
Individual income tax rate cuts & more cost-of-living relief including changes to Medicare levy thresholds
The Australian Government enacted the Treasury Laws Amendment (More Cost of Living Relief) Act 2025, delivering new personal income tax rate cuts: reducing the 16% rate (AU$18,201-AU$45,000) to 15% from 1 July 2026, then to 14% from 1 July 2027; and increasing the Medicare levy low-income thresholds to exempt or reduce levy for low-income individuals. Implications include greater after-tax income for low- and middle-earners, potential adjustments in payroll withholding, and incentive to assess timing of income and deductions.
Editorial impact label: High
- Published
- Not recorded
- Policy event
- Not recorded
- Effective
- Jul 1, 2026
- Verification
- Not recorded
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Scope: Australia
Status requires verification
Personal income tax rate cut from 16% to 15% from 1 July 2026 and to 14% from 1 July 2027
As part of the 2025-26 Federal Budget, the Government legislated reductions in the lowest federal income tax bracket (income between A$18,201 and A$45,000) from 16% to 15% effective 1 July 2026, with a further reduction to 14% from 1 July 2027. These provide cost-of-living relief and reduce bracket creep, particularly benefitting low- and middle-income earners.
Editorial impact label: High
- Published
- Not recorded
- Policy event
- Not recorded
- Effective
- Jul 1, 2026
- Verification
- Not recorded
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Scope: Australia
Status requires verification
Strengthening foreign resident CGT withholding regime, increasing caps to A$400,000 from 1 July 2026
From 1 July 2026, the foreign resident CGT withholding caps are increased to A$400,000 per year, broadening obligations on transactions with foreign residents. Combined with enhanced enforcement and changes targeting land-banking and foreign ownership bans, this measure aims to ensure foreign investors pay appropriate tax and comply with Australian rules.
Editorial impact label: Medium
- Published
- Not recorded
- Policy event
- Not recorded
- Effective
- Jul 1, 2026
- Verification
- Not recorded
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Scope: Australia
Status requires verification
Extension and expansion of ATO compliance funding (Tax Avoidance Taskforce, Shadow Economy, etc.) from 1 July 2026
Budget 2025-26 provides approx AU$999 million over four years to extend and expand several compliance programmes: Tax Avoidance Taskforce, Shadow Economy Compliance Programme, Personal Income Tax Compliance and the Tax Integrity Programme. These are set to ramp up activity, particularly targeting multinationals, foreign investors and large businesses, enforcing integrity rules and improved compliance. Commencement effective 1 July 2026.
Editorial impact label: High
- Published
- Not recorded
- Policy event
- Not recorded
- Effective
- Jul 1, 2026
- Verification
- Not recorded
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Scope: Global
Status requires verification
Personal income tax – new tax cuts for every Australian taxpayer (Treasury Laws Amendment (More Cost of Living Relief) Act 2025)
Australia will reduce the resident personal tax rates: from 1 July 2026 the 16% bracket drops to 15%, and from 1 July 2027 it reduces further to 14%. This tax relief addresses bracket creep and cost-of-living pressures. The legislation is now law.
Editorial impact label: Medium
- Published
- Not recorded
- Policy event
- Not recorded
- Effective
- Jul 1, 2026
- Verification
- Not recorded
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Scope: Australia
Status requires verification
Form changes: Mandatory beneficiary TFN reporting for closely held trusts
The ATO’s Modernisation of Tax Administration Systems Phase 2 reforms introduce mandatory beneficiary tax file number (TFN) reporting for closely held trusts from 1 July 2026. New labels such as “closely held trust indicator” and “No TFN Provided” must be included in trust return lodgments, embedded within the Statement of Distribution. Digital Service Providers (DSPs) must support these form changes, including related API pre-fill services.
Editorial impact label: High
- Published
- Not recorded
- Policy event
- Not recorded
- Effective
- Jul 1, 2026
- Verification
- Not recorded
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Scope: Australia
Status requires verification
Individual income tax rates and threshold changes – Cost of Living Tax Cuts
The Australian Government passed the Treasury Laws Amendment (Cost of Living Tax Cuts) Act 2024, which enacts new personal income tax rate reductions for the bracket $18,201 to $45,000: reducing the rate from **16% to 15% from 1 July 2026**, and further to **14% from 1 July 2027**. This law is in effect and provides cost of living relief and targets bracket creep. Impacts anyone with taxable income in that range, lowering their marginal tax rate and overall tax payable.
Editorial impact label: High
- Published
- Not recorded
- Policy event
- Not recorded
- Effective
- Jul 1, 2026
- Verification
- Not recorded
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Scope: Australia
Proposed
Payday Super reform and retirement of the Small Business Superannuation Clearing House (SBSCH)
From 1 July 2026, employers will be required to pay super guarantee contributions aligned with each payday. Employer liability for the updated Super Guarantee Charge arises if contributions are not **received** by the super fund within 7 calendar days of payroll (payday). The SBSCH will be decommissioned on that date, and employers must transition to private or commercial clearing house solutions. This reform is currently legislated or in draft, with draft legislation and consultations underway.
Editorial impact label: Medium
- Published
- Not recorded
- Policy event
- Not recorded
- Effective
- Jul 1, 2026
- Verification
- Not recorded
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Scope: Canada
Proposed
Explanatory Notes to Legislative Proposals Relating to Hybrid Mismatch Arrangements
Amendments under Canada's hybrid mismatch rules will expand the conditions under which arrangements are caught, particularly for **deduction/non-inclusion mismatches** involving differences in treatment of entities or payments across jurisdictions. New rules will apply to payments arising on or after **July 1, 2026**. Taxpayers with cross-border entities, upstream/downstream financing or reverse hybrids should review existing structures now to assess exposure. ([fin.canada.ca](https://fin.canada.ca/drleg-apl/2026/ita-lir-0126-n-2-eng.pdf?utm_source=openai))
Editorial impact label: High
- Published
- Not recorded
- Policy event
- Not recorded
- Effective
- Jul 1, 2026
- Verification
- Not recorded
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Scope: Australia
Status requires verification
New personal income tax rates for resident taxpayers for 2026-27 and 2027-28 years of income
Legislation enacted via the Treasury Laws Amendment (More Cost of Living Relief) Act 2025 changes the tax rates on the second income bracket: from 16% to 15% from 1 July 2026, and then further to 14% from 1 July 2027, for ordinary taxable income between the tax-free threshold and $45,000.
Editorial impact label: High
- Published
- Not recorded
- Policy event
- Not recorded
- Effective
- Jul 1, 2026
- Verification
- Not recorded
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Scope: Australia
Proposed
Modernising the Trust Administration System exposure draft: beneficiary TFN reporting amendments
Australia released an exposure draft proposing that trustees will need to report beneficiaries’ Tax File Numbers (TFNs) at the same time they lodge the trust tax return for income years commencing on or after 1 July 2026, replacing the current quarterly beneficiary TFN reporting requirement. Also clarifies the Commissioner’s obligations for incorrect TFN quoting or reporting. This reform supports improved data-matching, reduces reporting frequency, and aims to improve compliance accuracy in trust income reporting.
Editorial impact label: Medium
- Published
- Not recorded
- Policy event
- Not recorded
- Effective
- Jul 1, 2026
- Verification
- Not recorded
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Scope: Australia
Status requires verification
Treasury Laws Amendment (More Cost of Living Relief) Act 2025 – New Tax Cuts for Every Australian Taxpayer
This legislation enacts tax rate reductions for resident individual taxpayers: from 1 July 2026, the tax rate for income between **$18,201 and $45,000** will be reduced from 16% to **15%**, and from 1 July 2027 it will be cut further to **14%**. These cuts are intended to offer broader cost of living relief. It was passed as law under the *Treasury Laws Amendment (More Cost of Living Relief) Act 2025*.
Editorial impact label: High
- Published
- Not recorded
- Policy event
- Not recorded
- Effective
- Jul 1, 2026
- Verification
- Not recorded
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Scope: Australia
Status requires verification
Australia enacts tax rate cuts for ordinary income, reducing lowest marginal rate from 16% to 15% from 1 July 2026, then to 14% from 1 July 2027
The Government passed the Treasury Laws Amendment (More Cost of Living Relief) Act 2025, which lowers the tax rate for resident taxpayers on income above the tax-free threshold. From 1 July 2026, the lowest rate above threshold becomes **15%**, down from 16%. From 1 July 2027, the rate falls further to **14%**. The measure is intended to reduce bracket creep and provide broad cost-of-living relief.
Editorial impact label: High
- Published
- Not recorded
- Policy event
- Not recorded
- Effective
- Jul 1, 2026
- Verification
- Not recorded
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Scope: Australia
Proposed
Payday Superannuation reforms – From 1 July 2026 employers must pay super contributions on payday
The ATO’s Payday Super reforms require that from 1 July 2026, employers will be legally obligated to pay their employees’ Super Guarantee (SG) contributions at the same time as paying salary and wages. Qualifying earnings (QE) will be redefined (combining ordinary time earnings and other payments). Super contributions must *arrive* in the employees’ super funds within 7 business days of each payday. The Small Business Superannuation Clearing House (SBSCH) will be closed from that date. Employers will also need to report both OTE and Super Liability fields via Single Touch Payroll (STP) software. Failure to comply may result in the updated Super Guarantee Charge. These reforms aim to reduce SG gaps, increase timeliness of super payments, and strengthen compliance. The measure is not yet law, with draft legislation pending. Impacts are high for nearly all employers.
Editorial impact label: High
- Published
- Not recorded
- Policy event
- Not recorded
- Effective
- Jul 1, 2026
- Verification
- Not recorded
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