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• Taxation (Trustee Beneficiary Non-disclosure Tax) Bill (No. 1) 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Jun 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to amend the taxation laws, the bill imposes a trustee beneficiary non-disclosure tax at the rate of 46.5 per cent on the untaxed part of a share of the trust’s net income if the trustee fails to make a correct trustee beneficiary statement. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Taxation (Trustee Beneficiary Non-disclosure Tax) Bill (No. 2) 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Jun 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to amend the taxation laws, the bill imposes a trustee beneficiary non-disclosure tax at the rate of 46.5 per cent on a share or part of a share of the trust’s net income if the trustee of a closely held trust becomes presently entitled to income attributable to the share (or part of it). 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Protecting Services for Rural and Regional Australia into the Future) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Jun 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications, Information Technology and the Arts 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999

  to ensure the principal amount in the Communications Fund is maintained as a perpetual fund, with only earnings on investment being used to fund future telecommunication improvements in regional, rural and remote Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Jun 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  to: create a second Deputy Chairperson position at the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission; clarify the operation of the misuse of market power and unconscionable conduct provisions; and makes consequential amendments to the

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  , in relation to the application of the unconscionable conduct rules to the supply and acquisition of financial products and services. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Jun 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Following government endorsement of the recommendations of the Review of the Regulation of Access to Communications (the Blunn Report), the bill amends the

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  in relation to: access to telecommunications data for national security and law enforcement purposes; and makes consequential amendments to five other Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (Simplified GST Accounting) Bill 2007

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  Date

  13 Jun 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

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

  to extend simplified goods and services tax accounting methods to small businesses and other entities with an annual turnover of less than $2 million. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Trade Practices Amendment (Horticultural Code of Conduct) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 May 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  KATTER, Bob, Jnr, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  to provide for a mandatory code of conduct to regulate the relationship between horticulture growers, traders and retailers. 

  Bill

• Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Budget Measures) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 May 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the taxation laws to: increase the dependent spouse tax offset to $2,100 from 1 July 2007; increase the Medicare levy low-income and the Medicare levy surcharge low-income thresholds in line with movements in the consumer price index; and increase the Medicare levy low-income thresholds for pensioners below pension age so that there is no Medicare levy liability if there is no income tax liability. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Measures No. 3) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 May 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the taxation laws in relation to: distributions to entities connected with a private company; transitional excess non-concessional contributions; capital gains on testamentary trusts; superannuation of deceased military and police; thin capitalisation; repeal of dividend tainting rules; interest withholding tax; forestry managed investment schemes; non-resident trustee beneficiaries; and distributions to foreign residents from managed investment trusts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (Personal Income Tax Reduction) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 May 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Rates Act 1986

  to increase the threshold for the 30 per cent marginal tax rate (from 1 July 2007) and increase the thresholds for the top two marginal tax rates (from 1 July 2008);

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  to increase the maximum amount of low income tax offset and raise the threshold at which the offset begins to phase out; and

  Medicare Levy Act 1986

  to increase the income threshold that applies to taxpayers who are eligible for a senior Australians tax offset. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum