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The Low and Middle Income Tax Offset has been extended yet again. It delivers help neither when nor where it's needed

  • Written by John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society and NATSEM, University of Canberra
The Low and Middle Income Tax Offset has been extended yet again. It delivers help neither when nor where it's neededBeataGFX/Shutterstock

The Low and Middle Income Tax Offset (known as the LMITO or “lamington”) has been given yet another new lease of life.

What started in 2018 as a stop-gap until broader tax cuts were introduced, was extended because of COVID after the tax cuts were introduced in the 2020 budget and has now been extended again in 2021...

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