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NO.112
TAX CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
The Treasurer today received the Recommendations of the Tax Consultative Committee.
Mr David Vos, Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers chaired the Tax Consultative
Committee which was asked to provide recommendations to the Government on the
precise scope of the GST-free areas of health, education, religious services
and the non-commercial activities of charities. The Committee was also asked
to examine transitional arrangements relating to motor vehicles.
Mr Vos was joined by Professor Tannock, Vice-Chancellor at the University of
Notre Dame and Chairman of the National Catholic Education Commission, and
Professor Judith Whitworth, Commonwealth Chief Medical Officer and Professor
of Medicine, University of New South Wales at St George Hospital.
The Committee has provided the Government with a workable and comprehensive
framework for applying the GST to the areas under scrutiny.
The Government will be reviewing each of the Committees Recommendations
and will consider these in the process of finalising the drafting of the legislation.
The Treasurer thanked Mr Vos and his fellow Committee members for their valuable
efforts in helping the Government in this important task.
13 November 1998
Contact:
Niki Savva
Treasurers office
(02) 6277 7340