COSBOA Releases Federal Budget Wish List Targeting Tax Reform and Cost Relief for Businesses

COSBOA releases Federal Budget wish list targeting tax reform and cost relief for businesses

COSBOA sets out Federal Budget priorities calling for permanent $150,000 instant asset write-off, lower taxes, and reduced regulatory burden to restore small business confidence. What’s happening: The Council of Small Business Organisations Australia has outlined its priorities for the 2026-27 Federal Budget, calling for policy settings that enable small businesses to remain viable and confident to invest. Why this matters: Rising operating cost…

COSBOA sets out priorities for the 2026–27 Budget

The Council of Small Business Organisations Australia (COSBOA) has set out its priorities for the 2026–27 Federal Budget, outlining the policy settings needed this year to ensure small businesses can remain viable, competitive and confident to invest. COSBOA’s priorities for the Budget focus on: Reducing the cost of doing business, particularly energy and insurance Providing certainty to invest through a permanent $150,000 Instant Asset Write-O…

COSBOA reveals Budget ‘wishlist’ to get small business back on track

The Council of Small Business Organisations Australia (COSBOA) has revealed what the small-business sector needs form the Government in the 2026–27 Federal Budget. Given that there are approximately 2.6 million small businesses across Australia that contribute roughly a third of national GDP, COSBOA is urging Canberra for more support. COSBOA Chair, Matthew Addison, pointed out that small businesses are disproportionately vulnerable to rising co…

Make small business compliance easier and cheaper, COSBOA says in budget wishlist

The cost of compliance is front and centre of the small business lobby's 2026-27 federal budget wishlist, which puts regulatory simplification and red tape reduction on the same pedestal as overall tax reform. The post Make small business compliance easier and cheaper, COSBOA says in budget wishlist appeared first on SmartCompany.

COSBOA sets out priorities for the 2026–27 Budget backing small business investment, jobs and productivity

The Council of Small Business Organisations Australia (COSBOA) has set out its priorities for the 2026–27 Federal Budget, outlining the policy settings needed this year to ensure small businesses can remain viable, competitive and confident to invest.