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(1) Can the Treasurer provide a list of all Commonwealth Government entities that are subject to payroll tax in the ACT.
(2) What was the total payroll tax paid in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12 as at 9 May, for each entity referred to in part (1).
Mr Barr: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
(1) & (2) Due to the privacy provisions of the Taxation Administration Act 1999 (S 96), I cannot provide a list of Commonwealth Government entities subject to payroll tax or the total payroll tax paid by these entities as it would involve identifying and disclosing taxpayer information.
Taxation—payroll
(Question No 2363)
Mr Smyth asked the Treasurer, upon notice, on 10 May 2012:
(1) How many businesses operating in the ACT are currently exempt from paying payroll tax with the $1.5 million exemption threshold.
(2) How many additional businesses will now be exempt when the threshold moves from $1.5 million to $1.75 million and can the Treasurer provide a list of the businesses that will be exempt under this move.
(3) How many businesses paying payroll tax sit within the bracket of $1.75 million and $2 million and can the Treasurer provide a list of companies that currently sit within this bracket.
Mr Barr: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
(1) Businesses operating in the ACT that are under the $1.5 million exemption threshold are not liable to pay payroll tax, and as such there is no requirement for these businesses to lodge payroll tax returns with the ACT Revenue Office. Therefore, the ACT Revenue Office does not hold data on the number of businesses operating in the ACT under the $1.5 million exemption threshold.
(2) The estimated number of businesses that will be exempt from payroll tax when the threshold moves from $1.5 million to $1.75 million is 115. Due to the privacy provisions of the Taxation Administration Act 1999 (S 96), I cannot provide a list of these businesses as it would involve identifying and disclosing taxpayer information.
(3) There are about 160 businesses paying payroll tax which sit within the bracket of $1.75 million to $2.0 million. Due to the privacy provisions of the Taxation Administration Act 1999 (S 96), I cannot provide a list of these businesses as it would involve identifying and disclosing taxpayer information.
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