Families keen for pressure to ease
FAMILIES with two income earners will enjoy double tax relief if income tax cuts are announced in the Budget as expected.
The Pizzino family will be among them. Mark works in construction, while Pietra is juggling being a full-time mum of three children with study and parttime work in the accounting sector.
Mrs Pizzino said she was relieved that the Federal Government last month scrapped plans to increase the Medicare Levy from 1.5 to 2 per cent, and would be happy with any other tax cuts to help offset higher living costs and low wages growth.
“Any tax cuts are more than welcome and would help us more than they realise,” she said.
The Pizzinos are also watching out for childcare announcements.
“We have a little one we would be looking to put into childcare later this year,” Mrs Pizzino said.