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• Treasury Laws Amendment (Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Sep 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  International Tax Agreements Act 1953

  to give legislative authority to the Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement to exclude from tax within Australia payments and credits made to Indian residents by Australian customers for technical services provided remotely that are covered by the Agreement. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Cost of Living Tax Cuts) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Feb 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Treasury Laws Amendment (Cost of Living—Medicare Levy) Bill 2024, the bill amends the

  Income Tax Rates Act 1986

  to modify income tax rate thresholds and tax rates for individuals for the 2024-25 and later financial years. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Cost of Living—Medicare Levy) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Feb 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Treasury Laws Amendment (Cost of Living Tax Cuts) Bill 2024, the bill amends the

  A New Tax System (Medicare Levy Surcharge—Fringe Benefits) Act 1999

  and

  Medicare Levy Act 1986

  to: increase the Medicare levy and Medicare levy surcharge low-income threshold amounts for individuals, families and individual taxpayers and families eligible for the seniors and pensioners tax offset; and increase the phase-in limits as a result of the increased threshold amounts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Electric Car Discount) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  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

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Energy Price Relief Plan) Bill 2022

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  Date

  15 Dec 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to: establish regulation-making powers in relation to dealings between persons who supply or acquire a gas commodity, dealing with and resolving disputes or complaints between persons who supply or acquire a gas commodity, and gas market emergency price orders; enable the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to order the production of certain information and documents, investigate suspected non-compliance and utilise a range of sanctions for non-compliance; provide for civil penalty provisions of gas market instruments; and prohibit schemes designed to avoid the application of a civil penalty provision of a gas market instrument; and

  Federal Financial Relations Act 2009

  to introduce a payment to states and territories to support temporary energy bill relief for households and small businesses. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Financial Services Compensation Scheme of Last Resort) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Mar 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Financial Accountability Regime Bill 2023, Financial Accountability Regime (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2023, Financial Services Compensation Scheme of Last Resort Levy Bill 2023 and Financial Services Compensation Scheme of Last Resort Levy (Collection) Bill 2023, the bill amends the

  Corporations Act 2001

  ,

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  and

  National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009

  to establish the financial services compensation scheme of last resort to provide compensation to eligible consumers in circumstances where an Australian Financial Complaints Authority determination awarding monetary compensation has been made in their favour, but which the relevant entity has not paid. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Foreign Investment) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Feb 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Assent 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Fees Imposition Amendment Bill 2024, the bill amends the

  International Tax Agreements Act 1953

  to clarify any uncertainty associated with the interaction between certain taxes, such as foreign investment fees and similar state and territory property taxes, and double tax agreements implemented domestically. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Housing Measures No. 1) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Feb 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Housing Australia Future Fund Bill 2023 and National Housing Supply and Affordability Council Bill 2023, the bill amends: the

  National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation Act 2018

  to rename the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation to Housing Australia; the renamed

  Housing Australia Act 2018

  to: streamline the functions of Housing Australia; establish an annual review mechanism for the National Housing Infrastructure Facility; and extend the Commonwealth guarantee of the liabilities of Housing Australia to apply to contracts entered into until 30 June 2028; and 10 Acts to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Making Multinationals Pay Their Fair Share—Integrity and Transparency) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Jun 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Assent 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Corporations Act 2001

  to require Australian public companies to disclose information about their subsidiaries in their annual financial reports by way of a ‘consolidated entity disclosure statement’; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to amend the thin capitalisation rules to limit the amount of debt deductions that multinational entities can claim in an income year. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Modernising Business Communications and Other Measures) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Nov 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Corporations Act 2001

  to: enable all documents under the Act to be signed electronically and for certain documents to be sent in either hard copy or electronic form; and provide that companies are not required to send documents to a member where contact details are known to be incorrect;

  Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Act 1998

  ,

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  ,

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  ,

  National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009

  and

  Tax Agent Services Act 2009

  to enable certain regulatory bodies to hold virtual hearings and examinations;

  Corporations Act 2001

  ,

  Excise Act 1901

  and

  Small Superannuation Accounts Act 1995

  to allow electronic payments to be used; 11 Acts to require notices in newspapers to be published in an accessible and reasonably prominent manner;

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  ,

  Corporations Act 2001

  ,

  ASIC Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy Act 2017

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to: remove erroneous references and redundant definitions; apply consistent headings to definitions sections; and make minor technical amendments;

  Corporations Act 2001

  ,

  National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009

  and

  National Consumer Credit Protection (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2009

  to move five legislative instruments into primary law; and 15 Acts to make minor technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum