Taxation (Income Tax Rate and Other Amendments) Bill

About this bill

This bill introduces amendments to the Income Tax Act 2007 and the Tax Administration Act 1994 to introduce a new top personal income tax rate of 39% on annual income that exceeds $180,000, and set the minimum family tax credit threshold for the 2020-21 and later tax years.

See Bill on the Parliament website

Votes

Third reading  02 December 2020

Passed by a majority of 23 votes (66 ayes, 43 noes, 10 abstentions)

Second reading  02 December 2020

Passed by a majority of 23 votes (66 ayes, 43 noes, 10 abstentions)

First reading  02 December 2020

Passed by a majority of 21 votes (64 ayes, 43 noes, 10 abstentions)

All data

Bill type	Government bill
Parliament	53
Ref	2-1
Introduced	1 December 2020
First reading	2 December 2020
Second reading	2 December 2020
Committee of the whole House	2 December 2020
Third reading	2 December 2020
Royal Assent	7 December 2020
Enacted as	Taxation (Income Tax Rate and Other Amendments) Act 2020 (2020/65)
Divided	No

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