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Bill, as a whole, as amended, agreed to.
Bill, as amended, agreed to.
TAXATION (ADMINISTRATION) (AMENDMENT)
BILL (NO. 2) 1991
Debate resumed from 12 December 1991, on motion by Ms Follett:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
MR KAINE (Leader of the Opposition) (5.43): Again, I have been through this Bill in some detail. One of its major thrusts is to, in fact, assist some business people, who will now be excluded from certain grouping provisions. That will, of course, be useful to those people who have fallen within the net before because the Revenue Commissioner had no discretion. This Bill will confer on him such a discretion. Again, I find nothing in the Bill that I could object to, and I support it.
MR DUBY (5.43): Ditto.
MR BERRY (Minister for Health and Minister for Sport) (5.43): The Government welcomes members' support for this Bill. Its passage will bring about some changes in relation to the assessment of taxes, particularly in respect of gaming machines. It is a progressive move, and we welcome the support of other members of the Assembly.
MS FOLLETT (Chief Minister and Treasurer) (5.44), in reply: Very briefly, I would like to thank members for their support for this Bill. It overcomes a number of weaknesses in the current tax administration provisions in that it provides for a single system of administration for the majority of the ACT's tax laws, and this is the first time that that has happened. The Bill, as members would be aware, contains a number of general, technical and housekeeping amendments to clarify a number of the provisions, to rectify some anomalies and generally to streamline the administration of ACT tax laws and bring them into line with those of other State jurisdictions, where that is appropriate. I do not want to delay the Assembly. I simply thank members for their support.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
Bill agreed to in principle.
Leave granted to dispense with the detail stage.
Bill agreed to.
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