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  • Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2012 Measures No. 1) Bill 2012

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    01 Mar 2012 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Passed Both Houses 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999
    to provide: that a supply made by a health care provider to an insurer, statutory compensation scheme operator, compulsory third party scheme operator or a government entity is treated as GST-free supply; and that non-commercial activities of government related entites are not subject to GST;
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
    to pause the indexation of the superannuation concessional contributions cap during the 2013-14 financial year;
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
    ,
    Superannuation (Government Co-contribution for Low Income Earners) Act 2003
    ,
    Taxation Administration Act 1953
    and
    Taxation (Interest on Overpayments and Early Payments) Act 1983
    to allow eligible individuals the option to have excess concessional contributions taken out of their superannuation fund and assessed at their marginal tax rates;
    Taxation Administration Act 1953
    to: permit the Australian Taxation Office to disclose individual’s superannuation information to superannuation entities and their administrators for certain purposes; and provide the Commisioner of Taxation with a discretion to delay refunding an amount to a taxpayer pending integrity checks of their claim; and
    Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993
    to require employers to report, on payslips, any information prescribed in the regulations about superannuation contributions. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Service Providers and Other Governance Measures) Bill 2013

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    Date
    29 Nov 2012 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Corporations Act 2001
    to require registrable superannuation entity licensees that are also responsible entities of registered managed investment schemes to comply with requirements on adequate resources and risk management systems;
    Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993
    to: over-ride any provision in the governing rules of a registrable superannuation entity that requires the trustee to use a specified service provider, investment entity or financial product; enable the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority to issue infringement notices for a broader range of breaches of the Act; require superannuation trustees to provide eligible persons, generally on request, with the reasons for decisions made in relation to a complaint; require persons seeking to take legal action against a director for a breach of their duties to first seek leave from the court; extend the availability of certain legal defences to directors and trustees; remove restrictions on director voting; clarify the definition of ‘superannuation contribution’ to include defined benefits; and make consequential amendments;
    Superannuation (Resolution of Complaints) Act 1993
    to increase the time limits within which beneficiaries can lodge complaints with the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal regarding total and permanent disability claims;
    First Home Saver Accounts Act 2008
    to make consequential amendments; and
    Superannuation Legislation Amendment (MySuper Core Provisions) Act 2012
    to make technical amendments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Reducing Illegal Early Release and Other Measures) Bill 2012

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    Date
    29 Nov 2012 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Income Tax Rates Amendment (Unlawful Payments from Regulated Superannuation Funds) Bill 2012, the bill amends the:
    Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993
    to provide for civil and criminal penalties for persons who promote a scheme that has resulted, or is likely to result, in the illegal early release of superannuation benefits;
    Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006
    to require that superannuation benefits that are rolled over into self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) are captured as a designated service; and
    Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993
    and
    Taxation Administration Act 1953
    to provide for administrative directions and penalties for contraventions relating to SMSFs. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Superannuation Laws Amendment (MySuper Capital Gains Tax Relief and Other Measures) Bill 2013

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    Date
    29 May 2013 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
    to provide income tax relief to superannuation funds where there is a mandatory transfer of default members’ account balances to a MySuper product in another superannuation fund; and
    Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Act 1973
    to make consequential amendments as a result of the proposed
    Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (Increased Concessional Contributions Cap and Other Measures) Act 2013

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Superannuation (Sustaining the Superannuation Contribution Concession) Imposition Bill 2013

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    Date
    15 May 2013 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (Increased Concessional Contributions Cap and Other Measures) Bill 2013, the bill imposes a 15 per cent tax on income earners whose income and concessionally taxed superannuation contributions exceed $300 000 for an income year. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Superannuation (Excess Concessional Contributions Charge) Bill 2013

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

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Sugar Research and Development Services Bill 2013

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    Date
    05 Jun 2013 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Portfolio
    Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Sugar Research and Development Services (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013, the bill enables the minister to: enter into a funding contract with an eligible company to enable it to receive and invest levies collected by the Commonwealth for research and development and to receive the Commonwealth’s matching funding for eligible research and development, up to a determined funding cap; and declare the company to be the industry services body or that it is no longer the industry services body. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Sugar Research and Development Services (Consequential Amendments—Excise) Bill 2013

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    18 Jun 2013 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Portfolio
    Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Sugar Research and Development Services (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013

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    Date
    05 Jun 2013 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Portfolio
    Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Sugar Research and Development Services Bill 2013, the bill amends the:
    Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999
    to set the levy rate to a maximum of 70 cents per tonne of sugar cane that is processed, or sold for processing, and allow for the rate to be amended by regulation;
    Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999
    ,
    Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991
    , Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Regulations 1999 and Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Regulations 1991 to make consequential amendments; and Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Regulations 1991 to: provide for an instalment system for payment of the levy to commence on 1 March 2014; and a penalty for late payment. Also: repeals the Sugar Research and Development Corporation Regulations 1990 to abolish the Sugar Research and Development Corporation on 1 October 2013; and contains transitional provisions relating to the transition to a new industry services body. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Student Identifiers Bill 2013

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    20 Mar 2013 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Portfolio
    Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education 
    Summary
    Establishes a framework for the introduction of a student identifier for individuals undertaking nationally recognised vocational education and training from 1 January 2014 by: providing for how the student identifier may be assigned, collected, used and disclosed; providing for the creation of an authenticated transcript of an individual’s record of nationally recognised training undertaken; establishing the Student Identifiers Agency to administer the scheme; providing for the functions, powers, appointment and terms and conditions of the Chief Executive Officer of the agency; and making technical amendments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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