Treasurer Joe Hockey doesn't believe small businesses will rort the new tax breaks revealed in the budget, but will take advantage of them to stimulate the economy.
Small businesses will be able to immediately write off assets worth up to $20,000 as part of the Abbott government's efforts to encourage them to spend more and grow their operations.
"People aren't going to spend money on their business if it's not going to make them a dollar," he told ABC radio on Wednesday when asked if he was worried people would claim plasma TVs and office couches.
But Greens senator Peter Whish-Wilson is not reassured, citing the Henry tax review which recommended a $10,000 threshold.
"This is a cynical exercise in branding the Liberal Party going into a federal election," he told reporters.
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