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• A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax Imposition (Recipients)—Customs) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Dec 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills, the bill imposes a goods and services tax on recipients of taxable supplies made under a long-term non-reviewable contract to the extent that it is a duty of customs. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax Imposition (Recipients)—Excise) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Dec 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills, the bill imposes a goods and services tax on recipients of taxable supplies made under a long-term non-reviewable contract to the extent that it is an excise duty. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax Imposition (Recipients)—General) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Dec 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills, the bill imposes a goods and services tax on recipients of taxable supplies made under a long-term non-reviewable contract to the extent that it is neither a duty of customs nor a duty of excise. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Sports Commission Amendment Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Dec 2004 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Arts and Sport 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Sports Commission Act

  to: provide a new permissible purpose for the disclosure of certain customs information to the Executive Director of the Australian Sports Commission (ASC); and facilitate the use of this information by the ASC and sporting organisations in anti-doping processes. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Criminal Code Amendment (Trafficking in Persons Offences) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Dec 2004 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  and

  Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979

  to fulfil Australia’s obligations under United Nations Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children by criminalising all aspects of trafficking in persons by introducing a number of new and extended offences. Passage of this bill will permit Australian ratification of the Protocol. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Amendment Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Dec 2004 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Customs Act 1901

  to prescribe commercial quantities for all illicit drugs currently covered by drug importation offences under the Act, for which a commercial quantity is not currently prescribed. Also contains application provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (2004 Measures No. 7) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Dec 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to introduce a 25 per cent entrepreneurs’ tax offset;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  to remove the current requirement for small businesses to use the simplified tax system (STS) accounting method;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to: allow deferred tax liability currently available to employee share scheme holders to continue after a corporate restructure; and allow revocation of unused provisional certificates issued in respect of certain film projects;

  Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986

  to increase fringe benefits tax exemption thresholds for long service award benefits;

  Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Act 1987

  to provide petroleum exploration incentives to encourage exploration in remote offshore areas;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  to clarify the operation of the consolidation regime and the interaction of the regime with other areas of the tax law;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to ensure that roll-over relief available for partnerships under the uniform capital allowances regime is also available in relation to depreciating assets allocated to STS pools;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  in relation to: family trust and interposed entity elections; and non-commercial loans from trustees and private companies. Also amends 19 Acts to make technical corrections. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (Long-term Non-reviewable Contracts) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Dec 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills, the bill amends the

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

  and eight other Acts to provide for the treatment, for goods and services tax (GST) purposes, of long-term non-reviewable contracts after the GST-free transition periods ends on 1 July 2005. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Communications and Media Authority (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Dec 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications, Information Technology and the Arts 

  Summary

  Part of a package of 10 bills in relation to the establishment of the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), the bill: makes consequential amendments to 19 Acts and the Financial Management and Accountability Regulations 1997, including replacing existing references to the Australian Broadcasting Authority (ABA) and the Australian Communications Authority (ACA) with references to the ACMA; and contains transitional provisions dealing with: the transfer of assets and liabilities of the ABA and the ACA, and the continuing operation of certain instruments and proceedings. Also repeals the

  Australian Communications Authority Act 1997

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Communications and Media Authority Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Dec 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications, Information Technology and the Arts 

  Summary

  Part of a package of 10 bills in relation to the establishment of the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), the bill provides for the merger of the Australian Broadcasting Authority and the Australian Communications Authority to form the ACMA. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum