The Senate on Wed 6.2.2013, agreed to 2 motions concerning the release of revenue details concerning the mining tax:
- The Senate agreed to a motion by Senator Cormann “That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Treasurer, by no later than noon on 7 February 2013, a copy of any advice concerning the release of data about revenue collected from the Minerals Resource Rent Tax, including, but not limited to, advice from the Australian Taxation Office, the Department of the Treasury and the Australian Government Solicitor.”
- The Senate also agreed to a motion by Greens Leader Senator Milne that the Senate:
- “notes that it is in the public interest to release the total amount of revenue raised from the Minerals Resource Rent Tax in order to provide confidence as to how the tax is playing out and the precise ways the revenue is collected; and
- orders the Commissioner of Taxation to provide to the Economics References Committee, by no later than 15 February 2013, details of the revenue collected from the Minerals Resource Rent Tax by the Australian Taxation Office since 1 July 2012, noting that the disclosure pertains to companies and does not breach the confidentiality of natural persons.”
[LTN 24, 6/2/13]