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• Income Tax Amendment (Labour Mobility Program) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Sep 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Treasury Laws Amendment (2022 Measures No. 3) Bill 2022 and Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Fees Imposition Amendment Bill 2022, the bill amends the

  Income Tax (Seasonal Labour Mobility Program Withholding Tax) Act 2012

  to change the title of the Act to the

  Income Tax (Labour Mobility Program Withholding Tax) Act 2012

  to reflect the reduction in the tax on certain income earned by foreign resident workers participating in the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme from 32.5 per cent to 15 per cent. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (2022 Measures No. 3) Bill 2022

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  Date

  08 Sep 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Fees Imposition Amendment Bill 2022 and Income Tax Amendment (Labour Mobility Program) Bill 2022, the bill amends the:

  Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975

  to double the maximum financial penalties for contraventions of provisions that relate only to residential land;

  National Emergency Declaration Act 2020

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to enable the disclosure of protected information to Australian government agencies for the purpose of administering major disaster support programs approved by the minister;

  Coronavirus Economic Response Package Omnibus (Measures No. 2) Act 2020

  to extend the temporary mechanism which enables ministers to make alternative arrangements for meeting information and documentary requirements;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and three other taxation Acts to reduce the tax on certain income earned by foreign resident workers participating in the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme from 32.5 per cent to 15 per cent; and

  Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

  to provide for a supplementary annual performance test for faith-based products. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (2022 Measures No. 2) Bill 2022

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  Date

  03 Aug 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to: require electronic platform operators to provide information on transactions to the Australian Taxation Office; enable small business entities to apply to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) for an order staying, or otherwise affecting, the operation or implementation of decisions of the Commissioner of Taxation being reviewed by the AAT; and enable the commissioner to direct an entity to complete an approved recordkeeping course as an alternative to financial penalties where they reasonably believe the entity has failed to comply with its tax-related recordkeeping obligations;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to make consequential amendments;

  Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to remove the $250 non-deductible threshold for work-related self-education expenses; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to enable individuals aged 55 and above to make downsizer contributions to their superannuation plan from the proceeds of selling their main residence. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (2022 Measures No. 1) Bill 2022

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  Date

  27 Jul 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to provide an income tax exemption for certain recovery grants made to small businesses and primary producers impacted by Cyclone Seroja in April 2021;

  Treasury Laws Amendment (Putting Consumers First—Establishment of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority) Act 2018

  to facilitate the closure and transitional arrangements associated with the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) replacing the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal (SCT);

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to provide income tax and withholding tax exemptions for the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) and its wholly owned subsidiary established for the purpose of delivering the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. Also makes minor and technical amendments to 12 Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Electric Car Discount) Bill 2022

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  Date

  27 Jul 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986

  to exempt from fringe benefits tax the use, or availability for use, of cars made available by employers to current employees that are zero or low emissions vehicles with a value at first retail sale below the luxury car tax threshold for fuel efficient vehicles. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures No. 2) Bill 2023

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  Date

  25 May 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans' Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988

  to reduce the qualifying period of employment of Australian Defence Force firefighters in relation to primary site oesophageal cancer from 25 years to 15 years and change the requirement for firefighting to have been a ‘substantial’ proportion of their duties to be a ‘not insubstantial’ proportion;

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to allow payments and benefits from Commonwealth and State or Territory employment programs to not be considered as income for income support means testing purposes;

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to include a discretionary power to provide Commonwealth rent assistance beyond 26 weeks for eligible recipients who are temporarily absent from Australia and unable to return due to a prescribed event occurring; and

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  ,

  Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to extend eligibility to the Defence, Veterans’ and Families’ Acute Support Package to grandparents who are full time carers of the children of a deceased veteran. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2023

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  Date

  22 Mar 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans' Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to: provide annual reporting requirements for the Repatriation Medical Authority; and amend certain incorrect references;

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  and

  Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988

  to: replace references to ‘refuse to deal with the claim’ with ‘defer further investigation of the claim’ to better reflect actual practice; and provide for the alignment of rates of compensation for journey costs relating to treatment with the Comcare Scheme; and

  Defence Service Homes Act 1918

  in relation to the operation of, and conditions to vary, revoke and replace, the Statement of Conditions for the Defence Service Homes Insurance Scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Budget Measures) Bill 2022

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  Date

  26 Oct 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans' Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

  to provide a one-off increase to the pension payable to totally and permanently incapacitated veterans (known as the TPI payment). 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Military Rehabilitation and Compensation and Other Legislation Amendment (Incapacity Payments) Bill 2022

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  Date

  27 Jul 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans' Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  and

  Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988

  to: enable veterans engaged in an approved rehabilitation program and undertaking full-time study to continue to receive incapacity payments at 100 per cent of their normal weekly earnings for an additional year, to 1 July 2023; and enable back-payments for student veterans who should have been eligible for the higher rate of payment to cover the period from 1 July 2022 until the Act's commencement. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Defence, Veterans’ and Families’ Acute Support Package Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Aug 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Vetrans' Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  ,

  Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988

  and

  Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

  to: extend eligibility to veterans and their family members who are at risk of or in crisis, whether or not the veteran is participating in a rehabilitation program or has rendered warlike service; and expand the range of supports available to family members under the current family support package;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to provide that acute support packages for veterans and their families are exempt from income tax; and

  Social Security Act 1991

  to provide that acute support packages for veterans and their families are not income for the purposes of the social security income test. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum