Taxation of Uber and taxis

Summary of proposal

The proposal included two options to change the requirement to register for Goods and Services Tax (GST).

Option 1 – Remove compulsory GST registration for ride-sourcing services only:

Suppliers of ride-sourcing services (such as Uber) with a turnover below $75,000 would no longer be required to register for GST.

Option 2 – Remove compulsory GST registration for all taxi travel services:

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Tax

Summary of proposal

This proposal has three options.

Option 1: Personal income tax, company tax, and excise and customs duty

This option has three components:

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Personal Income Tax Plan

Summary of proposal

The request sought the financial implications of the 2018-19 Budget measure Personal Income Tax Plan. The information was requested over the period to 2028-29, and disaggregated into the components of the measure which start on 1 July 2018 (Components 1 and 2), 1 July 2022 (Components 3, 4 and 5), and 1 July 2024 (Components 6 and 7).

Component 1 increases the upper threshold for the 32.5 per cent marginal tax rate from $87,000 to $90,000 from 1 July 2018.

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Personal Income Tax Plan - 1 of 2

Summary of proposal

The request sought the financial implications of the 2018-19 Budget measure Personal Income Tax Plan. The information was requested over the period to 2028-29, and disaggregated into the components of the measure which start on 1 July 2018 (Components 1 and 2), 1 July 2022 (Components 3, 4 and 5), and 1 July 2024 (Components 6 and 7).

The request also sought the financial implications of each component by gender.

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Personal Income Tax Plan - 2 of 2

Summary of proposal

The request sought the number of individuals affected by each stage and component of the 2018-19 Budget measure Personal Income Tax Plan. The request also sought a breakdown of the number of individuals affected by component and by gender. The components of the tax plan are as follows:

Component 1 introduces the Low and Middle Income Tax Offset of up to $530 for individuals with taxable income up to $125,333 for the 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 financial years.

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Liberal Democrats’ tax policy

Summary of proposal

The proposal would make the following changes.

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Securing the value of our resources – End fossil fuel subsidies

Summary of proposal

The proposal has four components.

Component 1 – Abolish the fuel tax credit for all industries except agricultural businesses.

Component 2 – Abolish accelerated asset depreciation for aircraft, the oil and gas industry, and motor vehicles (except for those used for agricultural purposes).

Component 3 – Abolish the immediate deduction for exploration and prospecting expenses for the mining industry, including the Mining Exploration Development Incentive.

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The PaRRTy is over

Summary of proposal

This proposal would replace the existing petroleum resource rent tax method of uplifting excess expenditure to future years with the following two treatments:

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Revenue implications of changes to vehicle taxation measures

Summary of proposal

This proposal contains 16 options to alter motor vehicle taxation in Australia.

Options 1 to 4 would reduce the standard luxury car tax (LCT) threshold to $57,180, and subsequently index the standard LCT threshold in line with the motor vehicle component of the consumer price index (CPI), with the following definitions of fuel‐efficiency for LCT purposes.

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Revenue implications of changes to vehicle taxation measures – Fringe benefits tax exemption

Summary of proposal

The proposal would exempt all newly purchased battery electric, plug‐in hybrid electric, and hydrogen
fuel cell electric vehicles from the fringe benefits tax (FBT).

The proposal would have effect from 1 July 2019.

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