• Grants will be provided to small and medium-sized businesses to fund energy efficient equipment upgrades.

• The tax treatment for off-market share buy-backs undertaken by listed public companies will be aligned with the treatment of on-market share buy-backs.

• The 2021–22 Budget measure to allow taxpayers to self-assess the effective life of intangible depreciating assets will not proceed.

• Heavy Vehicle Road User Charge rate increased from 26.4 to 27.2 cents per litre of diesel fuel, effective from 29 September 2022.

• Australia has signed a new tax treaty with Iceland.

• Additional tariffs on goods imported from Russia and Belarus have been extended by a further 12 months, to 24 October 2023.

• Ukraine goods are exempted from import duties for a period of 12 months from 4 July 2022.

• Technical amendments to the taxation of financial arrangements (TOFA) rules proposed in the 2021–22 Budget will be deferred.

• Amendments to simplify the taxation of financial arrangements (TOFA) rules proposed in the 2016–17 Budget will not proceed.

• The proposed measure from the 2018–19 Budget to impose a limit of $10,000 for cash payments will not proceed.

• Proposed changes in the 2016–17 Budget to amend the taxation of asset-backed financing arrangements will not proceed.

• The new tax and regulatory regime for limited partnership collective investment vehicles proposed in the 2016–17 Budget will not proceed.

• The Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme will be expanded and enhanced.

• To incentivise pensioners to downsize their homes, the assets test exemption for principal home sale proceeds will be extended and the income test changed.

• The income threshold for the Commonwealth Seniors Health Card will be increased from $61,284 to $90,000 for singles and from $98,054 to $144,000 (combined) for couples.

• The Paid Parental Leave Scheme will be amended so that either parent is able to claim the payment from 1 July 2023. The scheme will also be expanded by 2 additional weeks a year from 1 July 2024 until it reaches 26 weeks from 1 July 2026.

• The maximum Child Care Subsidy (CCS) rate and the CCS rate for all families earning less than $530,000 in household income will be increased.

• The current higher Child Care Subsidy (CCS) rates for families with multiple children aged 5 or under in child care will be maintained.

• Legislation will be introduced to clarify that digital currency (or crypto currencies) will not be treated as foreign currency for income tax purposes.

• The 2018–19 Budget measure that proposed changing the annual audit requirement for certain self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) will not proceed.

• A requirement for retirement income product providers to report standardised metrics in product disclosure statements, originally announced in the 2018–19 Budget, will not proceed.

• Significant global entities and public companies will have additional reporting requirements for income years commencing from 1 July 2023.

• Proposed amendments to the debt/equity tax rules mentioned in the 2013–14 MYEFO will not proceed.

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• The ATO tax avoidance taskforce will receive additional funding and is being extended to 30 June 2026.

• Financial penalties for breaches of foreign investment compliance to double from 1 January 2023.

• Access to refunds of indirect tax, including GST, fuel and alcohol taxes, under the Indirect Tax Concession Scheme has been expanded to the diplomatic and consular representations of Bhutan.

• The proposed extension of reportable transactions relating to the sharing economy deferred by 12 months to 1 July 2024.