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  • Date
    02 Feb 2010 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Part of a package of four bills to establish Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme fuel credits, the bill amends the
    Excise Tariff Act 1921
    to reduce fuel tax to 35.688 cents per litre from 1 July 2011. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    22 Oct 2009 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Part of a package of four bills to establish Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme fuel credits, the bill amends the
    Excise Tariff Act 1921
    to reduce fuel tax on 1 July 2011 to 35.688 cents per litre. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    14 May 2009 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Part of a package of four bills to establish Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme fuel credits, the bill amends the
    Excise Tariff Act 1921
    to reduce fuel tax on 1 July 2011 to 35.688 cents per litre. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    03 Jun 2010 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Customs Tariff Amendment (Aviation Fuel) Bill 2010, the bill amends the
    Excise Tariff Act 1921
    to increase the excise duty rate applying to aviation fuel to 3.556 cents per litre from 1 July 2010. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    22 Jun 2009 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Customs Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009 [No. 2], the bill amends the
    Excise Tariff Act 1921
    to: increase the excise duty rate applying to certain alcoholic beverages ('alcopops') from $39.36 to $66.67 per litre of alcohol content; and alter the taxation definition of 'beer'. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    11 Feb 2009 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Customs Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009, the bill amends the
    Excise Tariff Act 1921
    to increase the excise duty rate applying to certain alcoholic beverages (‘alcopops’) from $39.36 to $66.67 per litre of alcohol content. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    06 Jul 2011 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Excise Tariff Amendment (Condensate) Bill 2011, the bill amends the
    Petroleum Excise (Prices) Act 1987
    to: clarify that failure to provide petroleum producers with written notification of a Volume Weighted Average of Realised (VOLWARE) price determination does not affect the making of the determination; and provide that producers may seek a review within 28 days of receiving written notice of a final VOLWARE price determination. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    15 May 2008 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Excise Tariff Amendment (Condensate) Bill 2008, the bill amends the:
    Petroleum Excise (Prices) Act 1987
    to ensure the method for determining the price of condensate (to calculate the excise payable) is the same as that used to determine the price of stabilised crude petroleum oil; and
    Excise Act 1901
    and
    Petroleum Revenue Act 1985
    to ensure condensate is treated consistently to stabilised crude petroleum oil for the purposes of the excise. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    26 Sep 2002 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Excise Tariff Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2002, the bill amends the:
    Excise Act 1901
    to: enable excise to be charged on the higher of the labelled alcohol content or the actual alcohol content of alcoholic beverages; and allow the Commission of Taxation to determine rules for working out the percentage by volume of alcohol in beverages; and
    Distillation Act 1901
    and
    Spirits Act 1906
    to make consequential amendments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    23 Nov 2011 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Customs Amendment (Reducing Business Compliance Burden) Bill 2011, the bill amends the
    Excise Act 1901
    and
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
    to: permit small business entities and certain other persons to defer the settlement of excise duties from a weekly to a monthly cycle; and clarify administrative arrangements for periodic settlement permissions. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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