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 |
| ADF | Australian Defence Force |
| AFP | Australian Federal Police |
| ATO | Australian Taxation Office |
| CGT | capital gains tax |
| Commissioner | Commissioner of Taxation |
| direct forestry expenditure or DFE | expenditure attributable to establishing trading and felling trees for harvesting |
| FBT | fringe benefits tax |
| forestry schemes | forestry managed investment schemes |
| ITAA 1936 | Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 |
| ITAA 1997 | Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 |
| IWT | interest withholding tax |
| PAYG | pay as you go |
| R & D | research and development |
| TAA 1953 | Taxation Administration Act 1953 |