2010‑2011‑2012
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Income Tax (Seasonal Labour Mobility Program Withholding Tax) Bill 2012
No. , 2012
(Treasury)
A Bill for an Act to impose income tax on amounts paid to employees under the Seasonal Labour Mobility Program, and for related purposes
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Imposition of tax................................................................................. 2
4............ Rate of tax........................................................................................... 2
A Bill for an Act to impose income tax on amounts paid to employees under the Seasonal Labour Mobility Program, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Income Tax (Seasonal Labour Mobility Program Withholding Tax) Act 2012.
2 Commencement
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
| Commencement information |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
| Provision(s) | Commencement | Date/Details |
| 1. Sections 1 and 2 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table | The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. | |
| 2. Sections 3 and 4 | At the same time as Schedule 1 to the Tax Laws Amendment (2012 Measures No. 3) Act 2012 commences. | |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
3 Imposition of tax
The tax known as income tax, to the extent that that tax is payable in accordance with section 840‑905 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997, is imposed on income to which that section applies.
4 Rate of tax
The rate of income tax imposed by this Act is 15%.