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• Treasury Laws Amendment (Working Holiday Maker Reform) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Oct 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills in relation to tax arrangements for working holiday makers, the bill amends the: Migration Regulations 1994 to reduce the working holiday maker visa application charge from $440 to $390;

  A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to require employers of working holiday makers to register with the Commissioner of Taxation, enabling them to withhold tax at applicable income tax rates; and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to enable the Commissioner to disclose certain information to the Fair Work Ombudsman; and require the Commissioner to provide the Treasurer, for presentation to the Parliament, an annual report on working holiday makers which includes statistics and information derived from the working holiday maker employer register. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Your Future, Your Super) Bill 2021

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  Date

  17 Feb 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992

  to: provide that if a new employee has an existing 'stapled' superannuation fund and does not choose a fund to receive contributions, their employer is required to make contributions on behalf of the employee into the stapled fund; and ensure that employers are not in breach of various rules, or are not liable for superannuation guarantee charge, in certain circumstances;

  Superannuation Act 1990

  and

  Superannuation Act 2005

  to make consequential amendments;

  Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

  to: require the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority to conduct an annual performance test for MySuper products and other products to be specified in regulations; make amendments contingent on the commencement of the

  Treasury Laws Amendment (Self Managed Superannuation Funds) Act 2021

  , when enacted, and

  Family Law Amendment (Western Australia De Facto Superannuation Splitting and Bankruptcy) Act 2020

  , when enacted; require trustees of registrable superannuation entities and self managed superannuation funds and directors of the corporate trustee of a registrable superannuation entity to perform their duties and exercise their powers in the best financial interests of the beneficiaries; reverse the evidential burden of proof for the best financial interests duty so that the onus is on the trustee of a registrable superannuation entity; allow regulations to be made to prohibit certain payments made by trustees of registrable superannuation entities and prescribe additional requirements on trustees and directors of trustee companies of registrable superannuation entities; and allow contraventions of record-keeping obligations specified in regulations to be subject to a strict liability offence; and

  Corporations Act 2001

  to remove an exemption from disclosing information about certain investments under the portfolio holdings disclosure rules. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Your Superannuation, Your Choice) Bill 2019

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  Date

  27 Nov 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992

  to provide that employees under workplace determinations or enterprise agreements have the right to choose their superannuation fund. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) ( No.1) Bill 2001

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  Date

  29 Jun 2000 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasurer's portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Bill (No. 2) 2001

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Apr 2001 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasurer's portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Bill (No. 3) 2001

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Jun 2001 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasurer's portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Legislation Amendment (Professional Standards) Bill 2004

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  Date

  04 Dec 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  ,

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  and

  Corporations Act 2001

  to establish a structure under which the Commonwealth, by prescribing State professional standards legislation (PSL) schemes (via regulations), can support PSL by allowing liability under the relevant Commonwealth legislative provisions to be capped in accordance with the laws of the States and Territories. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Legislation Amendment (Repeal Day) Bill 2014

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  Date

  22 Oct 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

  to remove the payslip reporting requirements; 16 Acts to consolidate and repeal tax provisions; the

  Financial Sector (Shareholdings) Act 1998

  to remove the deemed shareholding applied to an associate where the associate has no direct control interest in the company; and 12 Acts to define ‘Australia’ for income tax purposes. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Legislation Amendment (Small Business and Unfair Contract Terms) Bill 2015

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  Date

  24 Jun 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  and

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to extend the unfair contract term protections to businesses with less than 20 employees agreeing to standard form contracts valued at less than a prescribed threshold. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Legislation Amendment (Unclaimed Money and Other Measures) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Oct 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Banking Act 1959

  ,

  First Home Saver Accounts Act 2008

  and

  Life Insurance Act 1995

  to: reduce to three years the period before amounts held by authorised deposit-taking institutions, first home saver account providers and life insurance companies are treated as unclaimed moneys; and provide for the payment of interest on unclaimed moneys claimed after 1 July 2013;

  Superannuation (Unclaimed Money and Lost Members) Act 1999

  to: increase to $2000 the balance threshold below which small lost accounts are required to be transferred to the Commissioner of Taxation; decrease to 12 months the period of inactivity before inactive accounts of unidentifiable members are required to be transferred to the commissioner; and provide for the payment of interest on all unclaimed superannuation moneys claimed after 1 July 2013;

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  to close the Companies and Unclaimed Moneys Special Account; and

  Corporations Act 2001

  to: establish a new process for the receipt and payment of unclaimed property; and provide for the payment of interest on unclaimed property claimed after 1 July 2013. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum