Federal Budget 2022

The 2022-23 federal budget crystallises what many in the business community are already feeling: times are turning for the worse. 

The federal government’s plan to ease the lingering skills shortage also includes expanded visa processing capacities, a brand-new renewable energy apprentice scheme, and measures encouraging pensioners to take on more work.

The Labor government has committed $12.6 million of its 2022 budget to combat scams and online fraud, with the bulk going towards a National Anti-Scam Centre.

The ATO will see funding for its Tax Avoidance Taskforce increased by approximately $200 million per year over four years, effective July 1, 2022.

The federal government has decided not to proceed with a previous Coalition policy that would have allowed business operators to self-assess intangible depreciating assets, such as patents, registered designs, copyrights and in-house software. 

Small and medium enterprises looking to improve their energy efficiency will be handed $62.6 million in grant funding, thanks to a new program revealed in Tuesday’s federal budget.

The October 2022 budget has landed and Labor hasn’t been shy about lowering our expectations. Treasurer Jim Chalmers said repeatedly on Tu…

Labor’s 2022 budget finally delivered Australia’s first federal electric vehicles incentive in the form of tax cuts for some EVs.

Here are the small business measures included in Labor's 2022 federal budget, and five that are missing.

When Treasurer Jim Chalmers hands down the Albanese government’s first budget tonight, he will mention the words “small business” only once.

With a second federal budget on the way, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has a chance to introduce some novel economic fixes.

A lot can change in six months. Just ask Treasurer Jim Chalmers, who will on Tuesday deliver a vastly different federal budget to the economic roadmap laid out by the Coalition in March.