Small business says Labor’s investment tax break is not ambitious enough to boost growth in the economy.
is not ambitious enough to boost growth in the economy, calling for a dramatic broadening of the benefit to cover more expensive equipment to help firms increase their competitiveness.to extend the instant asset write-off for another year, allowing businesses with turnovers capped at $10 million to immediately deduct $20,000 from all eligible assets.Dominic Lorrimer
“When you have a job and things are tough, you can throw in something that you already own and keep the boys working and your overheads affordable,” he said.Lobby group the Council of Small Business Organisations of Australia wants the spending threshold lifted to $150,000, and for firms with turnovers of $50 million to be included.
Already the opposition has called for the eligibility threshold to be restored to $50 million in turnover and the write-off amount increased to $30,000. Mr Achterstraat called for the benefit to be locked in for the full four-year forward estimates period. “While it is pleasing that the government will be extending the temporary threshold for the next financial year as part of this year’s budget, it still has not passed the law to bring the previous year’s announcement to fruition,” he said.
Commercial and Asset Finance Brokers Association boss David Gandolfo said the write-off amount should be lifted to $150,000 and the turnover level lifted to $150 million.
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