Explanatory Memorandum
(Circulated by the authority of the Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer, the Hon Wayne Swan MP)Glossary
The following abbreviations and acronyms are used throughout this combined explanatory memorandum.
| Abbreviation | Definition |
| AFTS Review | Australia's Future Tax System Review |
| APA | Advance Pricing Agreement |
| ASX | Australian Securities Exchange |
| ATO | Australian Taxation Office |
| CGT | capital gains tax |
| Commissioner | Commissioner of Taxation |
| CPI | consumer price index |
| GST | goods and services tax |
| GST Act | A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax ) Act 1999 |
| ITAA 1936 | Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 |
| ITAA 1997 | Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 |
| LTBR | long term bond rate |
| LTBR + 7 per cent | long term bond rate plus 7 per cent |
| MRRT | Minerals Resource Rent Tax |
| MRRT (CA & TP) Bill | Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011 |
| MRRT Bill | Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 |
| MRRT customs imposition Bill | Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition Customs) Bill 2011 |
| MRRT excise imposition Bill | Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition Excise) Bill 2011 |
| MRRT general imposition Bill | Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition General) Bill 2011 |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OECD Guidelines | OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and Tax Administrations |
| PAYG | pay as you go |
| PRRT | Petroleum Resource Rent Tax |
| TAA 1953 | Taxation Administration Act 1953 |