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10 Oct 2012
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Amends the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
, Income Tax (Managed Investment Trust Withholding Tax) Act 2008
and Taxation Administration Act 1953
to provide a final withholding tax rate of 10 per cent on fund payments from eligible clean building managed investment trusts made to foreign residents in countries with which Australia has effective exchange of information.
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19 Sep 2012
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House of Representatives
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Amends the:
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
to: expand the application of the conservation tillage refundable tax offset by providing that an eligible no-till seeder can comprise just the tool, or the combination of the cart and the tool; phase out the mature age worker tax offset from 1 July 2012 for taxpayers born on or after 1 July 1957; and include The Diamond Jubilee Trust Australia in the list of deductible gift recipients; and A New Tax System (Wine Equalisation Tax) Act 1999
to: provide that a wine producer will not be entitled to the wine equalisation tax producer rebate on other wine they use in manufacture, except where the producer of the other wine notifies the subsequent producer; and make technical amendments.
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28 Jun 2012
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House of Representatives
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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.
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27 Jun 2012
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Infrastructure and Transport
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Amends the
Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003
to: provide state and territory government ministers, who have a responsibility for rail transport, with a power to request the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) to conduct certain investigations in their jurisdiction; clarify the ATSB’s capacity to conduct investigations within, or to or from, a Commonwealth territory; and provide that certain information obtained or generated by the ATSB may be disclosed under certain circumstances.
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21 Jun 2012
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Treasury
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Amends the:
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
to prescribe the tax treatment of returns, gains, losses and deductions on certain investments of widely held foreign funds; Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997
to clarify the tax treatment of returns, gains, losses and deductions on certain investments of widely held foreign funds for the 2010-11 and earlier income years where the fund has not lodged a tax return or had an assessment made of their income tax liability; and proposed Tax Laws Amendment (Cross-Border Transfer Pricing) Act (No. 1) 2012
to make consequential amendments.
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21 Jun 2012
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House of Representatives
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Treasury
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Part of a package of two bills in relation to the managed investment trust (MIT) withholding tax, the bill amends the
Taxation Administration Act 1953
to make consequential amendments to give effect to the increase in the MIT final withholding tax rate imposed by the proposed Income Tax (Managed Investment Trust Withholding Tax) Amendment Act 2012
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24 May 2012
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Treasury
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Introduced with the Pay As You Go Withholding Non-compliance Tax Bill 2012, the bill amends the:
Taxation Administration Act 1953
and four other Acts to: extend the director penalty regime so that directors are personally responsible for their company’s unpaid superannuation guarantee amounts; make directors and their associates liable to pay as you go (PAYG) withholding non-compliance tax in certain circumstances; and ensure that directors cannot discharge their director penalties by placing their company into administration or liquidation when PAYG withholding or superannuation guarantee remains unpaid and unreported three months after the due date; Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
and Tax Laws Amendment (Taxation of Financial Arrangements) Act 2009
in relation to the taxation of financial arrangements consolidation interaction; and Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
to modify the consolidation tax cost setting rules and rights to future income rules.
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24 May 2012
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House of Representatives
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Treasury
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Part of a package of three bills in relation to the Seasonal Labour Mobility Program and other taxation matters, the bill amends the:
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
, Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
, Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997
and Taxation Administration Act 1953
to apply a new final withholding tax to income derived by non-resident workers participating in the Seasonal Labour Mobility Program; Excise Act 1901
and Excise Tariff Act 1921
to specify the circumstances where blending the same types of gaseous fuels or the same types of aviation fuels, which have been taxed at different rates, are not treated as excise manufacture and are therefore subject to additional duty; Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
to retrospectively clarify that trust beneficiaries who are minors cannot receive the low income tax offset for unearned income earned through trust distributions; and Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
to: provide income tax exemptions for clean energy payments made to recipients of payments made under certain schemes; and make the employment termination payment tax offset dependent on an individual’s total taxable income.
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24 May 2012
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Treasury
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Amends the:
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
, Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997
and Taxation Administration Act 1953
to retrospectively: clarify that the internationally consistent transfer pricing rules contained in Australia’s tax treaties and incorporated into Australian law provide assessment authority to address treaty related transfer pricing; and ensure that the tax treaty transfer pricing rules are applied in a manner consistent with the relevant Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development guidance material; and Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
to make consequential amendments.
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24 May 2012
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Treasury
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Part of a package of three bills in relation to the Seasonal Labour Mobility Program and other taxation matters, the bill amends the
Income Tax Rates Act 1986
to merge the first two personal marginal tax rate thresholds for non-resident workers into a single threshold and align the rate for this new threshold with the second marginal tax rate for resident workers.
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