Appendix A: Policy decisions taken since the 2006-07 Budget
Summary of policy decisions taken since the 2006-07 Budget
| 2006-07 $m |
2007-08 $m |
2008-09 $m |
2009-10 $m |
AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FORESTRY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry | ||||
| Abolition of domestic sugar levy | -13.2 | -15.2 | - | - |
| Portfolio total | -13.2 | -15.2 | - | - |
| ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S | ||||
| Australian Customs Service | ||||
| Excise and customs duty | ||||
| – alignment of snuff tobacco rate with other tobacco rate | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| – removal of differential for high sulphur diesel | - | - | - | - |
| – removal of differential for leaded petrol | - | - | - | - |
| Excise and customs duty on diesel – no increase in rates | .. | .. | .. | - |
| Insolvency and Trustee Service Australia | ||||
| Bankruptcy Act 1966 – amendments to improve the operation of debt agreements (b) | 0.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Portfolio total | 0.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| COMMUNICATIONS, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND THE ARTS | ||||
| Australian Communications and Media Authority | ||||
| Digital services – allocation of new channels on spare spectrum | - | nfp | - | - |
| Portfolio total | - | - | - | - |
| EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND TRAINING | ||||
| Department of Education, Science and Training | ||||
| COAG Health Workforce – support for more medical places(b) | - | .. | .. | 0.1 |
| National Action Plan for social cohesion, harmony and security – establishment of an Islamic studies centre(b) | - | .. | .. | .. |
| Skills for the Future – more engineering places at university(b) | - | - | .. | 0.1 |
| Portfolio total | - | .. | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| HEALTH AND AGEING | ||||
| Department of Health and Ageing | ||||
| Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme | ||||
| – listing of Herceptin® (trastuzumab)(b) | nfp | nfp | nfp | nfp |
| – listing of Lantus® (insulin glargine) and Levemir® (insulin detemir)(b) | nfp | nfp | nfp | nfp |
| Portfolio total | - | - | - | - |
| IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS | ||||
| Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs | ||||
| Visas – arrangements for new European Union member states | - | -0.4 | -0.4 | -0.5 |
| Portfolio total | - | -0.4 | -0.4 | -0.5 |
| TREASURY | ||||
| Australian Taxation Office | ||||
| Alignment of small business tax concessions | - | - | -75.0 | -75.0 |
| British Nuclear Tests Programme – health testing and treatment for participants(b) | - | - | - | - |
| Capital gains tax | ||||
| – changes to the tax treatment of testamentary trusts | * | * | * | * |
| – exemption of expense-reimbursing government grants | - | - | - | - |
| – small business concession amendments | .. | * | * | * |
| Consolidation – group restructures | * | * | * | * |
| Cyclone Larry and Cyclone Monica – one-off income support(b) | - | .. | - | - |
| Cyclones Monica and Larry Business Assistance Fund for Cape York – establishment(b) | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Deductions for donations with a minor benefit – amendment to existing measure | - | -1.5 | -6.0 | -6.0 |
| Energy initiatives – liquefied petroleum gas vehicle purchase and conversion rebate – establishment(b) | -1.0 | -38.0 | -146.0 | -133.0 |
| Excise and customs duty | ||||
| – alignment of snuff tobacco rate with other tobacco rate | - | - | - | - |
| – removal of differential for high sulphur diesel | - | - | - | - |
| – removal of differential for leaded petrol | - | - | - | - |
| Excise and customs duty on diesel – no increase in rates | -53.0 | -109.0 | -56.0 | - |
| Farm management deposits – increasing thresholds | - | -20.0 | -18.0 | -18.0 |
| Foreign hybrid rules – treatment of UK limited liability partnerships | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Fringe benefits tax – reporting exclusion for pooled or shared cars | - | - | -1.0 | -1.0 |
| International taxation – new tax treaties | .. | -10.0 | -10.0 | -10.0 |
| New international taxation arrangements – transitional arrangements for taxing capital gains on property owned by non-residents | - | -20.0 | -15.0 | -10.0 |
| Personal income tax | ||||
| – extension of the beneficiary tax offset to Cyclone Larry income support payments | .. | -0.5 | - | - |
| – status of Australian Defence Force overseas operations | -0.4 | -1.4 | - | - |
| Philanthropy | ||||
| – changes to prescribed private funds | -28.9 | -17.2 | -15.4 | -15.6 |
| – updating the list of eligible deductible gift recipients | -0.4 | -10.8 | -7.0 | -5.8 |
| Private company distributions – changes to integrity rules | * | * | * | * |
| Simplified imputation system – dividend tainting and transfer pricing adjustments | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Simplified Superannuation | -55.0 | -1276.0 | -1159.5 | -1413.0 |
| Statutory effective life caps for tractors and harvesters | - | - | - | - |
| Superannuation fund investment rules – instalment warrants | -50.0 | -90.0 | -100.0 | -110.0 |
| Tax concessions for the International Criminal Court | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Tax secrecy laws – changes to allow better information sharing for Project Wickenby | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Thin capitalisation rules – application to groups containing certain authorised deposit-taking institutions | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Trans-Tasman imputation | * | * | * | * |
| Unclaimed superannuation – improved administration arrangements | - | - | - | - |
| Portfolio total | -188.7 | -1594.4 | -1608.9 | -1797.4 |
| Decisions taken but not yet announced | - | - | - | 44.0 |
| Total impact of revenue measures(c) | -201.8 | -1608.9 | -1608.3 | -1752.7 |
* The nature of the measure is such that a reliable estimate cannot be provided.
.. Not zero, but rounded to zero.
- Nil.
nfp Not for publication.
- A minus sign before an estimate indicates a reduction in revenue, no sign before an estimate indicates a gain to revenue.
- Details of these measures can be found under Part 2: Expense measures
- Measures may not add due to rounding.