Australian Government, 2006–07 Budget

Part 1: Revenue Measures

Table 2: Revenue measures up to the 2005-06 MYEFO(a)
  2006-07
$m
2007-08
$m
2008-09
$m
2009-10
$m
AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FORESTRY        
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry        
Fishing structural adjustment package – Australian Fisheries Management Authority levy reduction -7.0 -5.0 -3.0 -
Portfolio total -7.0 -5.0 -3.0 -
ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S        
Australian Customs Service        
Customs duty – alignment of import entry level thresholds for courier and postal imports -12.0 -13.0 -13.0 -13.0
Indirect tax – customs duty concession for the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games - - - -
Tariff concessions – abolishing the three per cent tariff on certain machinery -2.0 -2.0 -2.0 -3.0
Taxation of imported wine-based beverages – alignment with locally produced wine based beverages .. .. .. ..
Portfolio total -14.0 -15.0 -15.0 -16.0
COMMUNICATIONS, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND THE ARTS        
Australian Communications and Media Authority        
Connect Australia – consumer safeguards 1.8 2.4 1.8 1.8
Telecommunications competition including operational separation of Telstra 5.1 4.9 3.9 4.0
Portfolio total 6.9 7.3 5.7 5.8
EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND TRAINING        
Department of Education, Science and Training        
Higher Education – extension of FEE-HELP and OS-HELP .. .. .. 0.1
Portfolio total - - - 0.1
HEALTH AND AGEING        
Department of Health and Ageing        
Medical indemnity        
– competitive neutrality charge 9.1 8.7 8.3 8.0
– reduction in United Medical Protection support payments -11.9 -21.5 -19.2 -17.1
Private Health Insurance Ombudsman        
Private Health Insurance Ombudsman – increased powers 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Portfolio total -2.6 -12.6 -10.7 -8.9
PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET        
Australian National Audit Office        
Auditing of Australian Government entities 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9
Portfolio total 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9
TREASURY        
Australian Taxation Office        
Capital gains tax        
– automatic roll-over of Public Sector Superannuation Fund - - - -
– treatment of options * * * *
Changes to Prescribed Private Funds -12.9 -11.6 -12.3 -12.8
Company loss recoupment rules – modified continuity of ownership test * * * *
Consolidation        
– clarifying the interaction with the demerger rules -20.0 -5.0 -5.0 -5.0
– treatment of pre-capital gains tax membership interests and improvements to clarify the operation of the consolidation regime * * * *
Deductibility of certain gifts -3.5 -2.1 -1.3 -1.4
Employee share schemes – further relief for employee share scheme participants in the event of a corporate restructure * * * *
Excise and customs duty – no increase in rates -12.0 -6.0 - -
Exemption from foreign currency provisions for securitisation vehicles .. .. .. ..
Expanded taxation treatment of business 'blackhole' expenditures -2.0 -3.0 -9.0 -4.0
Foreign Investment Fund rules – listing of the Bermuda Stock Exchange as an approved stock exchange .. .. .. ..
Foreign residents' income with an underlying foreign source – conduit foreign income -10.0 -10.0 -25.0 -25.0
Fringe benefits tax        
– exclusion from reporting for certain personal security services .. .. .. ..
– extension of transitional arrangements for payments to worker entitlement funds - - - -
– rebatable employer status of certain government institutions - - - -
Income tax        
– extension of mutuality principle .. .. .. ..
– taxation status of Operation AZURE .. - - -
Indirect tax concession scheme – extension .. .. .. ..
Personal income tax        
– amendments to preserve eligibility for the 30 per cent child care tax rebate - - - -
– modifying the foreign employment exemption .. .. .. ..
– tax exemption for lump sum payments to F-111 personnel - - - -
Political Donations – raising the tax deductible threshold - -4.9 -6.5 -5.4
Related party at-call loans – deemed debt treatment for small companies -12.0 -13.0 -13.0 -14.0
Superannuation        
– extension of transitional relief for small funds * * * *
– modification of allocated pension drawdown factors -5.0 -8.5 -12.0 -15.0
– modification of market linked and other life expectancy income streams -11.0 -18.5 -26.0 -34.0
– removing restriction on portability of accounts - - - -
– temporary residents working on the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games 0.1 - - -
Superannuation contributions splitting -1.4 -2.3 -1.6 -2.4
Superannuation guarantee – extension of lodgement date for superannuation guarantee statements -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1
Tax exempt asset financing – changes to tax treatment .. .. .. ..
Tax treatment of foreign governments and their investment bodies – clarification of tax exemption for certain investments - - - -
Taxation of Financial Arrangements        
– extension of transitional arrangements for Upper Tier 2 instruments * * * *
– treatment of term subordinated notes containing a solvency clause - - - -
Portfolio total -89.8 -85.0 -111.8 -119.1
Decisions taken but not yet announced -23.0 -17.0 -7.0 -
Total impact of revenue measures(b) -128.7 -126.4 -140.9 -137.2

* The nature of the measure is such that a reliable estimate cannot be provided.

.. Not zero, but rounded to zero.

- Nil.

  1. A minus sign before an estimate indicates a reduction in revenue, no sign before an estimate indicates a gain to revenue.
  2. Measures may not add due to rounding.

 

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