Page 3232 - Week 08 - Wednesday, 22 August 2012

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Question put:

That this bill be agreed to in principle.

The Assembly voted—

Question so resolved in the negative.

Payroll tax administration

MR SMYTH (Brindabella) (5.34): I move:

That this Assembly:

(1) affirms its commitment to all ACT businesses paying their payroll tax obligations in accordance with ACT law;

(2) notes that:

(a) the Government presented a bill on 6 December 2007 to align the ACT’s payroll tax legislation with those applying in NSW and Victoria;

(b) the bill was passed on 17 March 2008;

(c) since that time, there has been increasing consternation within the ACT business community about how the ACT Revenue Office has been applying the amended Act;

(d) there are concerns in the business community:

(i) about the delay in the ACT Revenue Office making decisions on payroll tax matters;

(ii) that the ACT Revenue Office is not accepting decisions made by the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal;

(iii) that the ACT Revenue Office changes its position on matters relating to payroll tax administration;

(iv) about the approach of the ACT Revenue Office to the interpretation of the payroll tax legislation; and

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