Tax cut confirmed for small business

Prime Minister Tony Abbott says small business will get a tax cut of at least 1.5 per cent in July.

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Australia's small business will get a tax cut from July, Prime Minister Tony Abbott has confirmed. (AAP)

Australia's small business will get a tax cut from July, Prime Minister Tony Abbott has confirmed.

It will be at least the 1.5 per cent cut already flagged, he said during a year-ahead speech to the National Press Club on Monday.

"More jobs and better paid workers will only come from more profitable employers in a better position to employ people," Mr Abbott said.


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