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Tax Laws Amendment (Combating Multinational Tax Avoidance) Bill 2015

Type
Government
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Act
Portfolio
Treasury

Summary

Amends the: Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 to: provide for a standard and centralised set of concepts to determine whether an entity is a ‘significant global entity’; and introduce new standards for transfer pricing documentation and country-by-country reporting by significant global entities; Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 to negate certain tax avoidance schemes used by multinational entities to artificially avoid the attribution of profits to a permanent establishment in Australia; and Taxation Administration Act 1953 to: increase the penalties imposed on significant global entities that enter into tax avoidance or profit shifting schemes; and make consequential amendments.

Progress of bill

For committee reference information, please see the Notes section at the end of this page.

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time 16/09/15  
Second reading moved 16/09/15  
Second reading debate 19/10/15  
Second reading agreed to 19/10/15  
Third reading agreed to 19/10/15  
     
Senate
Introduced and read a first time 09/11/15  
Second reading moved 09/11/15  
Second reading debate 09/11/15  
Second reading debate 10/11/15  
Second reading agreed to 10/11/15  
Committee of the Whole debate 10/11/15 Amendment details: 1 Independent (Xenophon) agreed to
Committee of the Whole debate 11/11/15 Amendment details: 2 Australian Greens agreed to
Third reading agreed to 11/11/15  
     
House of Representatives
Consideration of Senate message 12/11/15 Details: House disagreed to Senate amendments
     
Senate
Message from House of Reps reported 12/11/15  
Consideration of House of Reps message 03/12/15 Details: Senate did not insist on its amendments, and agreed to 4 Australian Greens amendments in place of amendments nos 2 and 3
     
House of Representatives
Consideration of Senate message 03/12/15 Details: House agreed to Senate amendments
     
Finally passed both Houses 03/12/15  
Assent 11/12/15 Act no: 170 - Year: 2015
     

[Information on document types]

Text of bill

  • First reading

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  • As passed by both Houses

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Explanatory memoranda

  • Explanatory memorandum

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Second reading speeches


Proposed amendments

Senate
  • Australian Greens [sheet 7836]
DI NATALE, Sen Richard

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  • Australian Greens [sheet 7796]
WHISH-WILSON, Sen Peter

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  • Australian Greens [sheet 7787]
DI NATALE, Sen Richard

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  • Australian Motoring Enthusiast Party [sheet 7832]
MUIR, Sen Ricky

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  • Australian Motoring Enthusiast Party [sheet 7833]
MUIR, Sen Ricky

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  • Independent [sheet 7813]
LAMBIE, Sen Jacqui

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  • Independent [sheet 7789]
XENOPHON, Sen Nick

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  • Opposition [sheet 7831]
DASTYARI, Sen Sam

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  • Opposition [sheet 7795]
DASTYARI, Sen Sam

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  • Opposition [sheet 7794]
DASTYARI, Sen Sam

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Schedules of amendments

  • Schedule of the amendments made by the Senate

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  • Schedule of the amendments made by the Senate to which the House of Representatives has disagreed

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  • Schedule of the amendments made by the Senate in place of amendments nos 2 and 3 to which the House of Representatives has disagreed

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Notes
  • Referred to Committee (17/09/2015): Senate Economics Legislation Committee; Committee report (09/11/2015)
  • An electronic version of this Act is available on the Federal Register of Legislation (www.legislation.gov.au)