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  • Date
    13 Feb 2003 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
    to treat certain internal roll-overs as eligible termination payments;
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
    and
    Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997
    to make technical corrections and amendments in relation to the uniform capital allowances system;
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
    ,
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
    ,
    Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997
    and
    Taxation Administration Act 1953
    to clarify the recognition and treatment of non-assessable non-exempt income amounts;
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
    in relation to refundable tax offset rules;
    Taxation Administration Act 1953
    to introduce new withholding obligations to apply to certain payments to foreign residents;
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
    and
    Taxation Administration Act 1953
    to: apply pay as you go (PAYG) withholding to enterprise-to-enterprise transactions in Australia if no Australian Business Number (ABN) is quoted; and ensure that the relevant withholding rules have the same geographical application as the
    A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999
    ; and
    Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986
    and
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
    to provide a fringe benefits tax exemption for certain payments to approved worker entitlement funds. Also contains application and transitional provisions. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    09 Dec 1998 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasurer's portfolio 
    Summary
    Citation changed to (No. 3) 1999 - Act No. 11 of 1999 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    17 Feb 2000 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasurer's portfolio 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    23 Aug 2001 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasurer's portfolio 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    27 Jun 2002 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997
    and
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
    to provide transitional valuation arrangements for the 2001-02 income year for oyster farmers capturing oyster spat by the traditional stick farming method;
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
    to prevent double taxation where an amount is paid in respect of work in progress;
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
    ,
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
    ,
    Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997
    and
    New Business Tax System (Capital Allowances—Transitional and Consequential) Act 2001
    in relation to the capital allowances system; and
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
    to enable the Commissioner to recover outstanding pay as you go withholding amounts by making an estimate of the debt. Also contains application provisions. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    27 Mar 2003 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
    ,
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
    and
    Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 7) 2000
    in relation to: application of the thin capitalisation rules to securitisation vehicles and financial entities; record keeping requirements for permanent establishments; and revaluation of assets;
    Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986
    in relation to certain exemptions for public hospitals;
    Income Tax Rates 1986
    ,
    Superannuation Contributions Tax (Assessment and Collection) Act 1997
    and
    Superannuation Contributions Tax (Members of Constitutionally Protected Superannuation Funds) Assessment and Collection Act 1997
    to: reduce the effective tax rate on the excessive component of an eligible termination payment or death benefit from a superannuation fund; and reduce the amount of contributions subject to the superannuation surcharge;
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
    to: remove an anomaly in the tests that apply to companies deducting prior year losses and bad debts written off; and reinstate certain deductible expenditure as a foreign dividend account debit; and
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
    ,
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
    and
    Taxation Administration Act 1953
    to allow corporate tax entities to choose the amount of prior year losses they want to deduct in an income year. Also contains application provisions and a technical amendment. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    30 Mar 1999 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasurer's portfolio 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    11 May 2000 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasurer's portfolio 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    30 Aug 2001 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasurer's portfolio 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • 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

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