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This Act may be cited as the A New Tax System (Luxury Car Tax Imposition—General) Act 1999.
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This Act establishes the luxury car tax at a fixed 33% rate applied only to the portion of a vehicle’s value above the statutory threshold and commenced 1 July 2000. It creates the tax, limits its reach (not a customs/excise and excluding State property), but delegates liability, thresholds, collection and compliance rules to the separate Luxury Car Tax Act—affecting private purchasers and importers by increasing costs and administrative obligations.
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Direct links to the current provisions in A New Tax System (Luxury Car Tax Imposition—General) Act 1999.
This Act may be cited as the A New Tax System (Luxury Car Tax Imposition—General) Act 1999.
This Act commences on 1 July 2000.
(1) The tax that is payable under the A New Tax System (Luxury Car Tax) Act 1999 is imposed by this section under the name of luxury car tax. (2) This section imposes luxury car tax only so far as that tax is neither a duty of customs nor a duty of excise within the meaning of section 55 of the Constitution.
The rate of luxury car tax payable under the A New Tax System (Luxury Car Tax) Act 1999 is 33%.
Note: Luxury car tax is only calculated on the value of the car that exceeds the luxury car tax threshold in that Act.
(1) This Act does not impose a tax on property of any kind belonging to a State. (2) Property of any kind belonging to a State has the same meaning as in section 114 of the Constitution.
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This Act may be cited as the A New Tax System (Luxury Car Tax Imposition—General) Act 1999.
This Act commences on 1 July 2000.
(1) The tax that is payable under the A New Tax System (Luxury Car Tax) Act 1999 is imposed by this section under the name of luxury car tax. (2) This section imposes luxury car tax only so far as that tax is neither a duty of customs nor a duty of excise within the meaning of section 55 of the Constitution.
The rate of luxury car tax payable under the A New Tax System (Luxury Car Tax) Act 1999 is 33%.
Note: Luxury car tax is only calculated on the value of the car that exceeds the luxury car tax threshold in that Act.
(1) This Act does not impose a tax on property of any kind belonging to a State. (2) Property of any kind belonging to a State has the same meaning as in section 114 of the Constitution.