Tax Watch: Budget 2026 edition
Client alertThis special edition of Tax Watch summarises everything you need to know about Budget 2026.

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This special edition of Tax Watch summarises everything you need to know about Budget 2026.
A global minimum tax has been introduced, which ensures that large multinationals pay at least 15% tax in all the jurisdictions they operate. This will have the effect of “reducing the incentive for profit shifting and placing a floor under tax competition, bringing an end to the race to the bottom on corporate tax rates,” as the OECD explains.
For retirement villages, there’s one area of complexity where the correct treatment can really pay dividends, and that’s GST. However, it can get complicated for retirement village operators; it’s easy to get wrong and can be very expensive to fix.