Exposure Draft - Extending Gift Deductibility to Volunteer Fire Brigades

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The Assistant Treasurer has released for public consultation an exposure draft of legislation that will extend tax deductible donation support to all volunteer bushfire brigades.

Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) support will be widened to all entities providing volunteer based emergency services, including volunteer fire brigades (VFBs). The measure also extends DGR status to all state and territory government bodies that coordinate VFBs and state emergency services that are not already DGRs.

Individual brigades will be able to establish a public fund to receive DGR support, or collect donations through a centralised state fund.

The changes are planned to have effect from Royal Assent.

Making a submission

Interested parties are invited to comment on the exposure draft bill and explanatory materials. While submissions may be lodged electronically or by post, electronic lodgement is preferred. For accessibility reasons, please submit responses sent via email in a Word or RTF format. An additional PDF version may also be submitted.

All information (including name and address details) contained in submissions will be made available to the public on the Treasury website unless you indicate that you would like all or part of your submission to remain in confidence. Automatically generated confidentiality statements in emails do not suffice for this purpose. Respondents who would like part of their submission to remain in confidence should provide this information marked as such in a separate attachment. Legal requirements, such as those imposed by the Freedom of Information Act 1982, may affect the confidentiality of your submission.

Closing date for submissions: Tuesday, 25 May 2010

Address written submissions to:
Manager
Philanthropy and Exemptions Unit
Personal and Retirement Income Division
The Treasury
Langton Crescent
PARKES ACT 2600

Email: volunteerbrigades2010@treasury.gov.au

For enquiries, please call Mark Jennings on (02) 6263 3397.

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