The new financial year opens on 1 July, bringing fresh budgets and tax paperwork for businesses across the country. July is the first month of that financial year and sits in the third calendar quarter of 2026, with tax returns able to be lodged from 1 July through to the 31 October deadline four months later. July is the coldest month of the year across the southern states.
The working-day count for July 2026 comes down entirely to how its 31 days fall against the weekends, since no public holiday interrupts the month in most states by default. Only greater Brisbane's later Ekka holiday and the mid-year school holidays shape family leave planning through the month, without changing the working-day total itself. July sits in the third calendar quarter of 2026 as well as the first month of the new financial year.
July 2026 runs to 31 days and opens the third calendar quarter of 2026, seven months into the 365-day year. The financial year that began on 1 July has one month behind it and eleven still to run before its own close on 30 June the following year, when the twelve-month cycle repeats again. Tax returns can be lodged from 1 July through to the 31 October deadline four months later.
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