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Wednesday, 8 December 2004
Page: 14

Bill returned from the Senate with amendments.

Mr BROUGH (Longman—Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer) (9.52 a.m.)—I move:

That the amendments be considered immediately.

Senate's amendments—

(1) Schedule 1, item 1, page 3 (lines 6 and 7), omit the item, substitute:

1 After subsection 23A(2)

Insert:

(2A) A report prepared in accordance with subsection (2) can be in the form of:

(a) pay advice; or

(b) letter; or

(c) any form in which the information can be communicated effectively to the employee.

(2) Schedule 1, page 3 (after line 10), at the end of the Schedule, add:

3 At the end of section 44

Add:

(2) A report prepared in accordance with subsection (1) must include:

(a) the number of employers who have failed to pay one or more of their employees' superannuation guarantee contributions by the date required by law;

(b) the number of employees whose employers have failed to pay their superannuation guarantee contributions by the date required by law;

(c) details of the total amount of superannuation guarantee contributions outstanding at the close of each reporting year;

(d) the number of defaulting employers who paid outstanding superannuation guarantee contributions after the payment date required by law;

(e) the number of actions taken by the Australian Taxation Office to enforce the payment of unpaid superannuation guarantee contributions;

(f) the number of actions taken by the Australian Taxation Office to enforce the payment of unpaid superannuation guarantee contributions that were fully or partially successful;

(g) the total amount of outstanding superannuation guarantee contributions recovered at the close of the reporting year.