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28 May 2009
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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 pensioners below age pension age; and increase the phase-in limits as a result of the increased threshold amounts.
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27 May 2009
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Amends the:
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
to: exempt from income tax foreign employment income derived by an Australian resident employed as an aid worker, a charitable worker, a defence or police deployment, and activities prescribed by regulation; Superannuation (Government Co-Contribution for Low Income Earners) Act 2003
to temporarily reduce the matching rate and maximum co-contribution payable on individual eligible personal superannuation contributions; and Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
and Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997
to reduce the caps on concessional superannuation contributions and transitional concessional superannuation contributions.
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14 May 2009
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Amends the:
Taxation Administration Act 1953
to set the gross domestic product adjustment for the 2009-10 income year at two per cent; Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
and Taxation Administration Act 1953
to enable certain eligible taxpayers to make annual pay as you go instalments; Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Act 1987
to: introduce a functional currency rule; introduce a modified ‘look-back’ rule for certain exploration expenditure; introduce internal petroleum provisions; and extend the offshore exploration incentive for designated frontier areas; and Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
to update the list of deductible gift recipients.
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19 Mar 2009
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Amends taxation laws in relation to: payments made by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, or by a liquidator, under the financial claims scheme; increased access to small business capital gains tax concessions; exemption from capital gains tax for capital gains or losses arising from a right or entitlement to a tax offset, deduction or similar benefit; refundable tax offsets for certain projects under the National Urban Water and Desalination Plan; the list of deductible gift recipients; the Australian Business Register and the register acting as the Multi-agency Registration Authority; removing the Greenhouse Challenge Plus Programme condition for fuel tax credits; and the exemption from tax for the Clean-up and Restoration Grants paid to small businesses and primary producers affected by the Victorian bushfires.
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19 Mar 2009
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Amends the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
to provide for a temporary bonus income tax deduction for new investment in tangible depreciating assets undertaken between 13 December 2008 and 31 December 2009.
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19 Mar 2009
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Health and Ageing
- Summary
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Amends the
Therapeutic Goods Act 1989
to enable: the suspension of registered or listed goods from the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods; the issue of single site licences and allow for the transfer of licences between owners and variations to licence authorisations; samples of therapeutic and related goods to be taken from manufacturing premises and images and recordings to be made; the regulation of homoeopathic and anthroposophic medicines; standards to be set for the making of lists of permissible and prohibited ingredients in listed medicines; updated references to legislative instruments; and amendments in relation to: conditions imposed on registered and listed goods, the quality of overseas manufactured products, computer programs making certain decisions, the definition of accessory to a medical device, and an advertising code for therapeutic goods.
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23 Feb 2009
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Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
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Amends the
Telecommunications Act 1997
to: allow information contained in the Integrated Public Number Database (IPND) to be disclosed to authorised persons to facilitate state and territory government initiated telephony-based emergency warning systems; require any disclosure of IPND information to be reported to the minister, Australian Communications and Media Authority and the Privacy Commissioner; and permit access to listed IPND data to provide a Location Dependent Carriage Service. Also contains offence provisions relating to the improper disclosure of information.
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12 Feb 2009
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Part of a package of six bills to give effect to the Government’s Nation Building and Jobs Plan, the bill makes consequential amendments to the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
, Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
, Social Security Act 1991
, Taxation Administration Act 1953
and Veterans’ Entitlement Act 1986
to: ensure bonus payments are not treated as income for tax and welfare related purposes; and provide for administrative arrangements applicable to the bonus payments.
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12 Feb 2009
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Part of a package of six bills to give effect to the Government’s Nation Building and Jobs Plan, the bill authorises the Commissioner of Taxation to make payments of up to $900 to eligible taxpayers.
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12 Feb 2009
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Amends: the
Taxation Administration Act 1953
to: provide for a 20 per cent reduction of the pay as you go (PAYG) instalment for the quarter that includes 31 December 2008 for certain small business taxpayers; and include a regulation making power to allow the amount of the PAYG instalment to be reduced in the future in circumstances specified by regulations; the Superannuation (Unclaimed Money and Lost Members) Act 1999
to make technical amendments and in relation to: dates for statements and payments of unclaimed money; unclaimed and lost member registers; and information, access and records; and six Acts to make consequential amendments. Also amends 13 Acts to expand income tests used to determine eligibility for a range of government financial assistance programs, including particular offsets and obligations to pay the Medicare levy surcharge.
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