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 |
| AASB | Australian Accounting Standard Board |
| CGT | capital gains tax |
| Commissioner | Commissioner of Taxation |
| GDP | gross domestic product |
| GJ | gigajoules |
| GST | goods and services tax |
| ITAA 1936 | Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 |
| ITAA 1997 | Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 |
| LNG | liquefied natural gas |
| LTBR | long term bond rate |
| LTBR + 15 per cent | long term bond rate plus 15 per cent |
| LTBR + 5 per cent | long term bond rate plus 5 per cent |
| Main Bill | Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Amendment Bill 2011 |
| MEC group | multiple entry consolidated group |
| MRRT | Minerals Resource Rent Tax |
| MRRT Bill | Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 |
| PRRT | Petroleum Resource Rent Tax |
| PRRT customs imposition Bill | Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (Imposition - Customs) Bill 2011 |
| PRRT excise imposition Bill | Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (Imposition - Excise) Bill 2011 |
| PRRT general imposition Bill | Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (Imposition - General) Bill 2011 |
| PRRTAA 1987 | Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Act 1987 |
| TAA 1953 | Taxation Administration Act 1953 |