Exposure Draft - Removal Of Income Tax Impediments Affecting Special Disability Trusts |
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Date: |
Sunday, 31 July 2011 | ||||||
Content ID: |
2089 | ||||||
Abstract: |
On 10 May 2011, the Assistant Treasurer, the Hon Bill Shorten MP and the Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Carers, Senator Jan McLucas, jointly announced that the Government will introduce legislation to remove further income tax barriers that impede families from making financial contributions to a Special Disability Trust (SDT).
Following public consultation on the policy design of these changes, the Assistant Treasurer and the Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Carers jointly announced the release of an exposure draft of legislation and a draft explanatory memorandum for public consultation on these two measures. Making a submissionInterested parties are invited to comment on the exposure draft package. While submissions may be lodged electronically, by post or by facsimile, 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: Friday, 12 August 2011 Address written submissions to: Fax: (02) 6263 4352 For enquiries, please call Paul McMahon (02) 6263 3385. |
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Documents Available: |
![]() Acrobat (PDF)Explanatory Memorandum 109.70kbLegislation 32.80kb Consultation Summary 31.92kb ![]() Microsoft Word (RTF)Explanatory Memorandum 676.96kbLegislation 2,227.07kb Consultation Summary 870.63kb |
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