Explanatory Memorandum
(Circulated by authority of the Treasurer, the Hon Peter Costello, MP)Glossary
The following abbreviations and acronyms are used throughout this explanatory memorandum.
| Abbreviation | Definition |
| AASB | Australian Accounting Standards Board |
| A Platform for Consultation | Review of Business Taxation: A Platform for Consultation |
| A Tax System Redesigned | Review of Business Taxation: A Tax System Redesigned |
| ADF | approved deposit fund |
| ASIC | Australian Securities and Investment Commission |
| ATO | Australian taxation Office |
| BAS | business activity statement |
| CFC | controlled foreign company |
| CGT | capital gains tax |
| Commissioner | Commissioner of Taxation |
| COT | continuity of ownership test |
| December 2000 exposure draft | New Business Tax System (Consolidation) Bill 2000 exposure draft |
| February 2002 exposure draft | New Business Tax System (Consolidation) Bill 2002 exposure draft |
| GDP | gross domestic product |
| ESAS | Employee Share Acquisition Scheme |
| FBT | fringe benefits tax |
| FIF | foreign investment fund |
| GIC | general interest charge |
| ITAA 1936 | Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 |
| ITAA 1997 | Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 |
| ITRA 1986 | Income Tax Rates Act 1986 |
| MEC | multiple entry consolidated |
| PAYG | pay as you go |
| pooled deposit fund | |
| PST | pooled superannuation trust |
| RSA | retirement savings account |
| SAC | Statement of Accounting Concept |
| SAP | substituted accounting period |
| SBT | same business test |
| TAA 1953 | Taxation Administration Act 1953 |
| TSA | tax sharing agreement |
| Thin Capitalisation legislation | New Business Tax System (Thin Capitalisation) Act 2001 |