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  • Tax Laws Amendment (Disclosure of MRRT Information) Bill 2013

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    Date
    18 Mar 2013 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Sponsor
     
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Minerals Resource Rent Tax Act 2012
    to require the minister to prepare and present to Parliament quarterly and annual reports on the amount of minerals resource rent tax instalments paid; and
    Taxation Administration Act 1953
    to enable taxation officers to disclose that information for the purposes of preparing the quarterly and annual reports. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Tax Laws Amendment (Countering Tax Avoidance and Multinational Profit Shifting) Bill 2013

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    Date
    13 Feb 2013 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
    ,
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
    ,
    Taxation Administration Act 1953
    and
    Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997
    in relation to: the operation of the general anti-avoidance rule; the application of the arm’s length principle in transfer pricing rules aligning with international transfer pricing standards; rules for trusts and partnerships; record keeping requirements and penalties; and consequential amendments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Tax Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 3) Bill 2013

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    Date
    20 Jun 2013 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Tax Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013

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    Date
    29 May 2013 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Amends: the
    Taxation Administration Act 1953
    to: require certain large entities to pay Pay As You Go instalments monthly rather than quarterly or annually; require the Commissioner to publish limited information about the tax affairs of large corporate taxpayers; enable the publication of periodic aggregate tax collection information; and enable information sharing between government agencies in relation to foreign acquisitions and investment decisions affecting Australia; the
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
    ,
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
    and
    Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997
    to provide a tax incentive for entities that carry on a nationally significant infrastructure project that has been designated by the Infrastructure Coordinator; the
    Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Act 1987
    to address unintended impacts arising from the Federal Court’s decision in
    Esso Australia Resources Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation
    [2012] FCAFC 5; the
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
    to: remove the capital gains tax discount on discount capital gains accrued after 8 May 2012 by foreign and temporary resident individuals; and exempt from income tax, payments made under the Defence Abuse Reparation Scheme; the
    A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999
    to ensure that certain National Disability Insurance Scheme funded supports are GST-free; the
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
    ,
    Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 2) Act 2011
    and proposed
    Tax Laws Amendment (Special Conditions for Not-for-profit Concessions) Act 2013
    in relation to deductible gift recipients; the
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
    ,
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
    and
    Infrastructure Australia Act 2008
    to make consequential amendments; and seven Acts to make technical amendments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Tax Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 1) Bill 2013

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    Date
    15 May 2013 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
    to: ensure that the small business connected entity test and the capital gains tax scrip for scrip roll-over stakeholder tests apply appropriately; exempt from income tax Disaster Income Recovery Subsidy payments made in relation to natural disasters which occurred during 3 January to 30 September 2013; and add a new general category to the list of deductible gift recipients. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Tax Laws Amendment (2012 Measures No. 6) Bill 2012

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    Date
    29 Nov 2012 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
    and
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
    to clarify that native title benefits are not subject to income tax (including capital gains tax);
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
    to: update the list of deductible gift recipients; extend the immediate deductibility of exploration and prospecting expenditure provided to mining and petroleum explorers to geothermal energy explorers; and clarify that the definition of ‘limited recourse debt’ includes arrangements where, in substance or effect, the debtor is not fully at risk in relation to the debt;
    Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 5) Act 2011
    to extend the interim streaming rules for managed investment trusts until the end of the 2013-14 financial year;
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
    to apply an income test to the rebate for medical expenses from 1 July 2012;
    Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986
    to remove the concessional fringe benefits tax treatment for in-house fringe benefits accessed by way of salary packaging arrangements; and Retirement Savings Accounts Regulations 1997, Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Regulations 1994 and five Acts to make technical amendments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Tax Laws Amendment (2012 Measures No. 4) Bill 2012

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    Date
    28 Jun 2012 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Assent 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986
    to limit the concessional tax treatment of living-away-from-home allowances and benefits to certain employees for a maximum period of 12 months;
    A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999
    to clarify the goods and services tax consequences when a representative of an incapacitated entity is a creditor of that entity; and
    Tax Laws Amendment (2012 Measures No. 2) Act 2012
    in relation to consolidation events so that no interest is payable if an overpayment of income tax arises because of a deduction under the pre-rules and no shortfall interest or administrative penalty is payable if additional tax becomes payable under the pre-rules or interim rules. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (Increased Concessional Contributions Cap and Other Measures) Bill 2013

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    Date
    15 May 2013 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Superannuation (Sustaining the Superannuation Contribution Concession) Imposition Bill 2013, the bill amends: the
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
    and
    Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997
    to increase the superannuation concessional contributions cap to $35 000 for the 2013-14 financial year for individuals aged 60 years and over, and to $35 000 for the 2014-15 financial year and later financial years for individuals aged 50 years and over; the
    Superannuation (Government Co-contribution for Low Income Earners) Act 2003
    to make technical amendments; the
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
    and
    Taxation Administration Act 1953
    to reduce the tax concession that individuals whose income exceeds $300 000 receive on their concessionally taxed superannuation contributions made from 1 July 2012 to 15 per cent; and eight Acts to make consequential amendments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013

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    Date
    20 Mar 2013 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
    to: define ‘documentary’ in accordance with the Australian Communications and Media Authority’s guidelines; clarify that game shows are ineligible for film tax offsets; and update the list of deductible gift recipients;
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
    ,
    Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 1) Act 2011
    and
    Tax Laws Amendment (2012 Measures No. 1) Act 2012
    to exempt from income tax certain ex-gratia payments made in relation to natural disasters during the 2011-12 and 2012-13 financial years;
    A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999
    to enable entities who currently pay their goods and services tax by instalments to continue to do so if they move into a net refund position;
    Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993
    to require trustees to establish and implement procedures in relation to the consolidation of multiple member accounts;
    Superannuation (Government Co-contribution for Low Income Earners) Act 2003
    to reduce the amount of superannuation co-contribution available from the 2012-13 financial year;
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
    and
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
    to consolidate dependency tax offsets into the Dependant (Invalid and Carer) Tax Offset from 1 July 2012; and
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
    and
    Tax Laws Amendment (Taxation of Financial Arrangements) Act 2009
    to clarify the operation of the taxation of financial arrangements regime. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 1) Bill 2013

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    13 Feb 2013 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Amends: the
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
    ,
    Superannuation (Departing Australia Superannuation Payments Tax) Act 2007
    and
    Superannuation (Unclaimed Money and Lost Members) Act 1999
    to provide that income tax is generally not payable on the interest paid by the Commonwealth on unclaimed money from 1 July 2013; the
    Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986
    to: align the airline transport fringe benefits rules with the in-house property and in-house residual fringe benefit provisions; and update the method for determining the taxable value of airline transport fringe benefits; the
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
    to enable participants in the Sustainable Rural Water Use and Infrastructure Program to choose to make payments they derive under the program free of income tax, with expenditure related to infrastructure improvements required under the program then being non-deductible; the
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
    ,
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
    ,
    Income (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997
    and
    Taxation Administration Act 1953
    to: enable corporate tax entities to carry-back losses to previous income years; and make consequential amendments; and 18 Acts to make technical amendments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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