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• Superannuation (Government Co-contribution for Low Income Earners) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 May 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Superannuation (Government Co-contribution for Low Income Earners) Bill 2003, the bill: makes consequential amendments to 9 Acts in relation to: eligibility for and taxation treatment of Government superannuation co-contributions; arrangements for certain Defence personnel and Commonwealth public servants; use of the Superannuation Holding Accounts Reserve; interest on late repayments of overpayments; and review of certain decisions; and the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  to repeal the existing personal superannuation contribution taxation rebate for low income earners. Also contains an application provision. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Superannuation (Government Co-contribution for Low Income Earners) Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 May 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Superannuation (Government Co-contribution for Low Income Earners) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2003, the bill establishes arrangements for government-funded superannuation co-contributions for eligible low income earners. Also contains a regulation-making power. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Superannuation (Surcharge Rate Reduction) Amendment Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 May 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Superannuation Contributions Tax Imposition Act 1997

  ,

  Superannuation Contributions Tax (Members of Constitutionally Protected Superannuation Funds) Imposition Act 1997

  and

  Termination Payments Tax Imposition Act 1997

  to reduce the maximum superannuation and termination payments surcharge rates from 15 to 10.5 per cent over 3 years commencing retrospectively from 1 July 2002; and

  Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Act 1973

  ,

  Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation Act 1948

  ,

  Superannuation Act 1976

  ,

  Superannuation Contributions Tax (Application to the Commonwealth—Reduction of Benefits) Act 1997

  and

  Superannuation Contributions Tax (Members of Constitutionally Protected Superannuation Funds) Assessment and Collection Act 1997

  to reduce the superannuation surcharge cap. Also contains application provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Taxation Laws Amendment (Personal Income Tax Reduction) Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 May 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  to increase the low income tax offset and the income threshold at which the low income tax offset begins to be withdrawn;

  Income Tax Rates Act 1986

  to: increase the personal income tax thresholds for resident and non-resident taxpayers; and make consequential amendments; and

  Medicare Levy Act 1986

  to increase the income threshold that applies to taxpayers who are eligible for the Senior Australians Tax Offset. Also contains an application provision. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Taxation Laws Amendment Bill (No. 6) 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 May 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Medicare Levy Act 1986

  to increase the Medicare levy low income thresholds for individuals, married couples, sole parents and pensioners below age pension age;

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

  to increase the Medicare levy surcharge low income threshold;

  Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  to modify the general value shifting regime; and membership rules for subsidiaries of multiple entry consolidated groups held through an interposed non-resident entity;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  in relation to: cost setting rules for linked assets and liabilities and for partners and partnerships; and introduction of a new deductible gift recipient category of harm prevention charities;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  in relation to transitional foreign-held membership structures;

  New Business Tax System (Consolidation, Value Shifting, Demergers and Other Measures) Act 2002[eigals] to make minor technical amendments;

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  ,

  Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975

  ,

  Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to streamline procedures under which taxpayers can be released from a tax liability where payment would entail serious hardship;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  ,

  Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  ,

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  and

  Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 3) 2003

  to allow New Zealand companies to choose to enter the Australian imputation system; and

  A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999

  and

  A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax Transition) Act 1999

  to apply the goods and services tax insurance provisions to settlement of claims arising under a compulsory third party scheme. Also contains application and transitional provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Amendment Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 May 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing portfolio 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989

  to: increase the maximum quantity of new industrial chemicals that a manufacturer or importer can introduce under the Commercial Evaluation Permit system from 2 000 to 4 000 kilograms; align the renewal deadline for the registration of introducers of industrial chemicals with the expiry date of registration (i.e. 31 August); require notification of non-renewal by 31 August; abolish the urgent handling fee and establish late renewal penalties for renewals received after the renewal deadline; and remove fees and charges provisions from the Act so that they may be specified in regulations. Also contains application and saving provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 May 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Customs Tariff Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2003, the bill amends the

  Customs Act 1901

  to introduce rules for determining whether goods originate in Least Developed Countries, East Timor (a developing country) or Singapore (for the purposes of a free trade agreement), which will enable such goods to have duty-free access to Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 May 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Customs Act 1901

  in relation to: the timing and content of outturn reports (which list the containers unloaded from a ship at a port); notice to Customs of removal (other than for export) of high-risk export goods; electronic communications in relation to exports and imports; and clarification of false and misleading statement offence provisions and record keeping requirements;

  Customs Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2002

  to correct a misdescribed amendment;

  Customs Legislation Amendment and Repeal (International Trade Modernisation) Act 2001

  in relation to: commencement of the Act; reinstatement of the right to review of decisions relating to the administrative penalty scheme by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal; and establishment of new arrangements for the transition between Customs legacy electronic systems and the new Integrated Cargo System. Also contains application provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Tariff Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 May 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Customs Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2003, the bill amends the

  Customs Tariff Act 1995

  to: add East Timor to the list of Developing Countries; define Least Developed Countries (LDCs); provide for the duty-free entry of goods originating in LDCs, East Timor (a developing country) and Singapore (under a free trade agreement); list Palau as a Developing Country rather than as a Place treated as Developing Country; add Papua New Guinea to the list of Forum Island Countries; and introduce two character abbreviations for countries (International Standards Organization Country Codes) throughout the Tariff. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Handgun Buyback Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 May 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Appropriates funds out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the purpose of providing financial assistance to the States (including the Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory) and making certain other Commonwealth payments in connection with the implementation of the handgun buyback that will run from 1 July to 31 December 2003. Also contains a regulation-making power. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum