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Appendix A: policy decisions taken since the 2009‑10 Budget

Revenue Measures

Table A1: Revenue measures since the 2009‑10 Budget^(a)

	2008‑09 $m	2009‑10 $m	2010‑11 $m	2011‑12 $m	2012‑13 $m
ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S
Australian Federal Police
Australian Federal Police — increase to the criminal history check fee	-	-	0.4	0.4	0.4
Portfolio total	-	-	0.4	0.4	0.4
BROADBAND, COMMUNICATIONS AND THE DIGITAL ECONOMY
Australian Communications and Media Authority
Telecommunications regulatory reform — competition and consumer safeguards(b)	-	2.5	2.1	1.2	1.2
Portfolio total	-	2.5	2.1	1.2	1.2
EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE RELATIONS
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Higher Education Loans Program for fee-paying undergraduate students — increased administration fee(b)	-	-	3.2	5.7	8.7
Portfolio total	-	-	3.2	5.7	8.7
HEALTH AND AGEING
Department of Health and Ageing
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
— chemotherapy drugs — deferred implementation(b)	-	nfp	-	-	-
— listing of Revlimid ® (lenalidomide)(b)	-	nfp	nfp	nfp	nfp
— minor new listings(b)	-	nfp	nfp	nfp	nfp
Portfolio total	-	-	-	-	-
RESOURCES, ENERGY AND TOURISM
Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism
National Offshore Petroleum, Minerals and Greenhouse Gas Storage Regulator — establishment(b)	-	-	12.5	6.4	-
Portfolio total	-	-	12.5	6.4	-
TREASURY
Australian Office of Financial Management
Residential mortgage-backed securities — extension(c)	-	*	*	*	*
Australian Securities and Investments Commission
Supervision of Australia's financial markets — reform(b)	-	-	15.1	12.8	12.8
Australian Taxation Office
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
— minor modifications to income tax treatment	-	*	*	*	*
— transitional income tax treatment of units already on the National Registry	-	..	..	..	..
Excise and customs duty — maintain current taxation treatment for concessional spirits	-	-	-	-	-
Forestry managed investment schemes — technical amendments to holding period rules	-	..	..	..	..
GST — Government response to Board of Taxation report — minor changes	-	-	*	*	*
Income tax exemption — Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute	-	-	-	-	-
Interest withholding tax — extension of eligibility for exemption to Commonwealth Government Securities	-	-25.0	-65.0	-90.0	-105.0
International tax
— Australia-Belgium tax protocol	-	*	*	*	*
— Australia-Cook Islands taxation agreement	-	-	*	*	*
— Australia-Gibraltar tax information exchange agreement	-	*	*	*	*
— Australia-Guernsey taxation agreement	-	*	*	*	*
— Australia-Jersey taxation agreement	-	*	*	*	*
— Australia-New Zealand double tax convention	-	*	*	*	*
— Australia-Singapore tax protocol	-	*	*	*	*
Non-commercial loan rules — clarification of the 2009‑10 Budget measure	-	-	-	-	-
Personal income tax
— exemption of income recovery subsidy payments for the North-Western Queensland floods	-	-	-	-	-
— exemption of payments made under the Continence Aids Payment Scheme	-	-	-	-	-
— exemption of the Outer Regional and Remote Payment made under the Helping Children with Autism package	-	-	-	-	-
Philanthropy
— additional prescribed private funds	-	-1.5	-19.8	-4.9	-6.0
— expanding the scope of allowable purposes for the 2009 Victorian Bushfire Appeal Fund	-	-	-	-	-
— updating the list of deductible gift recipients	-	-1.8	-3.7	-3.9	-4.0
Reforming the taxation of employee share schemes — further changes	-	-10.0	-55.0	-15.0	15.0
Removing the tax deductibility of political donations — amendments	-	-6.5	-6.6	-7.2	-7.5
Taxation laws
— income tax law rewrites	-	-	..	..	..
— minor amendments	..	*	*	*	*
Taxation of Financial Arrangements — technical refinements to new regime	-	*	*	*	*
Total and Permanent Disability (TPD) insurance premiums — deductibility by superannuation funds	-	-	-	-	-
Worker entitlement funds	-	-	-	-	-
Portfolio total	-	-44.8	-135.0	-108.2	-94.7
Decisions taken but not yet announced	-	8.7	13.5	16.7	19.8
Total impact of revenue measures(d)	-	-33.7	-103.4	-77.8	-64.6

* 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.

1. A minus sign before an estimate indicates a reduction in revenue, no sign before an estimate indicates a gain in revenue.
2. These measures can also be found in the expense measures summary table.
3. These measures can also be found in the capital measures summary table.
4. Measures may not add due to rounding.

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