2011-2012 Federal Budget Summary

On Tuesday 10 May, the Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer, Wayne Swan MP, delivered the federal government’s 2011-2012 Budget.

Below is a comprehensive summary of the tax and superannuation measures announced in the 2011-2012 Federal Budget as well as additional resources and commentary on relevant issues.

• Federal Budget announcements - Superannuation (13 May 2011)
• Taxing Issues blog: Government charts its course towards a return to Budget surplus (11 May 2011)
• Superannuation blog: Excess Contributions Tax - getting fairer (11 May 2011)
• Special Federal Budget 2011-2012 tax bulletin (PDF 556Kb) (10 May 2011)
• Media release: Return to surplus built on optimistic assumptions (10 May 2011)
• Media release: Breaches to super cap attracts fairer treatment (10 May 2011) 
• Institute’s pre-Budget submission (PDF 528Kb) (3 February 2011) 

To view the Commonwealth Budget papers, visit the Australian Government’s Budget website.

Article last updated 9 May 2012