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Budget 2016: Winners and losers

Take a look at who the winners and losers are in this year's federal budget.

Australian Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison

Australian Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison speaks at the despatch box during the delivery of the 2016-17 Federal Budget. Source: AAP

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Winners:

Small to medium-sized companies

Company tax rate cut for 870,000 companies with annual turnover less than $10 million; additional 90,000 small businesses can access tax concessions; among other measures

Those earning more than $80,000

Get a modest tax cut, through increasing second-highest tax bracket from $80,000 to $87,000

All business, in time

Company tax rate to fall from 30 per cent to 25 per cent over next decade

Losers:

Anyone earning less than $80,000

Not even a modest tax cut for you. The government says you  already benefited through the abolition of the carbon tax

Multinational tax dodgers

So-called Google tax to penalise large multinationals that attempt to shift their Australian profits offshore to avoid paying tax

Smokers

Four annual 12.5 per cent increases in tobacco excise to lift price of packet of cigarettes to about $40 by 2020.


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