The Import Processing Charges Amendment Bill 2013 was introduced in the House of Reps on Thur 21.11.2013. It will implement a revenue measure that was announced as part of the 2013-14 Federal Budget. The Bill proposes to amend the Import Processing Charges Act 2001 to increase the import processing charges levied on air, sea and post consignments, including post, with a value of id=”mce_marker”0,000 or more. The increased charges will apply from 1 January 2014.
The Bill introduces a 2-tiered charging arrangement with increased charges to apply for air, sea and post import consignments with a value of id=”mce_marker”0,000 or more. The import processing charge will increase for sea consignments lodged electronically from $50 to id=”mce_marker”52.60 and sea consignments lodged manually from $65.75 to id=”mce_marker”52.60. The charges for air and post consignments lodged electronically will increase from $40.20 to id=”mce_marker”22.10 and for air and post consignments lodged manually; the charges will increase from $48.85 to id=”mce_marker”22.10.
[LTN 226, 21/11/13]