Second Reading Speeches

Treasury Laws Amendment (2023 Measures No. 2) Bill 2023

Type
Government
Portfolio
Treasury
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Act
Parliament no
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Summary

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 individual taxpayers and families eligible for the seniors and pensioners tax offset; and increase the phase-in limits as a result of the increased threshold amounts;
Commonwealth Banks Act 1959
to provide that the existing Commonwealth guarantee for pre-privatisation members of the Commonwealth Bank superannuation fund will continue to apply if the fund merges with another superannuation fund;
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
to enable eligible primary producers to treat certain carbon abatement income as primary production income for the purposes of the Farm Management Deposit Scheme and accessing income tax averaging arrangements for primary producers;
Taxation Administration Act 1953
to reduce the gross domestic product adjustment factor for the 2023-24 financial year to 6 per cent; and
National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation Act 2018
to expand the objects of the Act to include assisting earlier access to the housing market for eligible individuals who have not held an ownership interest in real property in Australia in the preceding 10 years and single legal guardians of children.

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