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5610040017000A Total

$1,793.01

5610260018000A Total

$1,376.26

5610300012000A Total

$1,412.84

5660630003000A Total

$5,275.16

5660640002000A Total

$220.28

5660960002000A Total

$1,309.70

5661190015000A Total

$3,830.54

5670430011000A Total

$818.94

5680730082000A Total

$4,691.35

5700960227000A Total

$75.28

5701010009000A Total

$7,222.81

5720190008000A Total

$250.53

5740550002000A Total

$13,499.97

6021160029000A Total

$3,619.26

6021560004000A Total

$3,385.24

6021680003000A Total

$11,308.82

6074400025000A Total

$1,607.29

6080430023000A Total

$3,258.60

6095560006000A Total

$562.94

6106160037000A Total

$8,396.19

6140960016002A Total

$269.22

6230040018000A Total

$2,021.93

6230250005000A Total

$1,197.56

7061060015023A Total

$149.48

Grand Total

$150,321.93

Taxation—volunteer fire brigades
(Question No 1055)

Mr Smyth asked the Minister for Police and Emergency Services, upon notice, on 25 August 2010:

(1) Is the Minister aware of the view of the Australian Taxation Office that decisions in recent legal cases concerning volunteer fire brigades have led the Commissioner of Taxation to consider that volunteer brigades do not meet the strict criteria for public benevolent institution status.

(2) What action is the Minister proposing to take in response to this view of the Commissioner of Taxation to secure the funding of volunteer fire brigades.

(3) Is the Minister intending to make representations to the Commissioner of Taxation about this matter; if so, can the Minister advise the community of the nature of these representations; if not, why not.

Mr Corbell: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

(1) The ACT Rural Fire Service does not have Public Benevolent Institution (PBI) status. The issue has been re-examined by the ACT Emergency Services Agency as recently as June 2010, with the conclusion that due to the ACTRFS being under the control of the ACT Government, an application for PBI status would be rejected by the Australian Taxation Office. Apart from legal cases and the views of the

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