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Treasury Laws Amendment (Support for Small Business and Charities and Other Measures) Bill 2023

2022-2023

 

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 

 

 

 

Presented and read a first time

 

 

 

 

Treasury Laws Amendment (Support for Small Business and Charities and Other Measures) Bill 2023

 

No.      , 2023

 

(Treasury)

 

 

 

A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to taxation, financial services and corporations, and for related purposes

   

   



Contents

1............ Short title............................................................................................ 1

2............ Commencement.................................................................................. 1

3............ Schedules............................................................................................ 3

Schedule 1—送20,000 instant asset write-off for small business entities 4

Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997                                                     4

Schedule 2—Small business energy incentive                                                       6

Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997                                                     6

Schedule 3—New class of deductible gift recipients                                       11

Part 1—Amendment of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997             11

Income Tax Assessment Act 1997                                                                            11

Part 2—Amendment of the Taxation Administration Act 1953            15

Taxation Administration Act 1953                                                                           15

Part 3—Other amendments                                                                                       26

A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999                               26

Schedule 4—Deductible gift recipients—specific listings                            27

Income Tax Assessment Act 1997                                                                            27

Schedule 5—Exemption for Global Infrastructure Hub Ltd                    28

Income Tax Assessment Act 1997                                                                            28

Schedule 6—Income tax amendments for updates to accounting standards for general insurance contracts                                                                                                        29

Part 1—Main amendments                                                                                        29

Income Tax Assessment Act 1997                                                                            29

Part 2—Other amendments                                                                                       34

Income Tax Assessment Act 1997                                                                            34

Part 3—Application and transitional provisions                                            37

Schedule 7—Non-arm’s length expenses of superannuation funds      42

Income Tax Assessment Act 1997                                                                            42

Schedule 8—AFCA scheme                                                                                            46

Part 1—Main amendments                                                                                        46

Corporations Act 2001                                                                                               46

Part 2—Application provision                                                                                 48

Corporations Act 2001                                                                                               48

Part 3—Other amendments                                                                                       49

Treasury Laws Amendment (2023 Law Improvement Package No. 1) Act 2023 49

 



A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to taxation, financial services and corporations, and for related purposes

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1   Short title

                   This Act is the Treasury Laws Amendment (Support for Small Business and Charities and Other Measures) Act 2023 .

2   Commencement

             (1)  Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

Commencement information

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Provisions

Commencement

Date/Details

1.  Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table

The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 

2.  Schedules 1 and 2

The first 1 January, 1 April, 1 July or 1 October to occur after the day this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 

3.  Schedule 3

The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 

4.  Schedules 4 to 7

The first 1 January, 1 April, 1 July or 1 October to occur after the day this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 

5.  Schedule 8, item 1

The later of:

(a) the start of the day after this Act receives the Royal Assent; and

(b) immediately after the commencement of item 269 of Schedule 2 to the Treasury Laws Amendment (2023 Law Improvement Package No. 1) Act 2023 .

However, the provisions do not commence at all if the event mentioned in paragraph (b) does not occur.

 

6.  Schedule 8, item 2

The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent.

However, the provisions do not commence at all if item 289 of Schedule 2 to the Treasury Laws Amendment (2023 Law Improvement Package No. 1) Act 2023 commences on or before that day.

 

7.  Schedule 8, items 3 to 11

The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 

8.  Schedule 8, Part 3

Immediately before the commencement of Schedule 2 to the Treasury Laws Amendment (2023 Law Improvement Package No. 1) Act 2023 .

However, the provisions do not commence at all if that event:

(a) does not occur; or

(b) occurs on or before the day this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.

             (2)  Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.

3   Schedules

                   Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.