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Tag Archives: Treasury
Philanthropy & Democratic Societies
Perpetual Ltd presented a session on Philanthropy and Democratic Societies at the State Library of Victoria with a panel comprised of Krystian Seibert from Philanthropy Australia, Lucy Bernholz, philanthropy and data expert, Bill Birnbauer, investigative journalist and Rob Reich, Faculty … Continue reading
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DGR Reform
The Treasury Department has called for submissions commenting on a new discussion paper around Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) reform. Read the paper here. Submissions are due by 4 August – as per the website – the discussion paper had 14 … Continue reading
Social Impact Investing – Government Review
Not a lot of time for this one. The Federal Government has announced a review into Social Impact Investing – calling for submissions by Monday 27 February 2017. Key areas for response are: the potential role of the Commonwealth Government … Continue reading
What I learned about PAFs at the Community Foundations Forum Pt 1
Not so long ago I wrote about the new draft guidelines and legislation for Public Ancillary Funds. The new regime will come into effect on 1 January, but there will be a three year period for Public Ancillary Funds to … Continue reading
Public Ancillary Funds – new draft guidelines
The Federal Assistant Treasurer, Bill Shorten, has released new draft guidelines for Public Ancillary Funds (often known as PAFS and usually given the deductible gift recipient designation of DGR2). The Australian Tax Office describes Public Ancillary Funds as “public funds … Continue reading
What the Victorian budget means for not for profits
Philanthropy Australia and the Office for the Community Sector invited Melbourne’s philanthropy community to hear the Treasurer, Kim Wells MP, speak about the impact of the Victorian state budget on the not for profit sector. The Treasurer was introduced by … Continue reading
Federal Budget 2011
Of interest to all of us in the not for profit and philanthropy sector is the announcement in the federal budget of the establishment of the “Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission” (ACNC) to regulate the sector. It is intended that … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian Tax Office, Federal Budget 2011, government review, tax deductibility, Treasury
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a new not for profit regulator?
The Treasury Department is calling for submissions in response to a discussion paper on a scoping study for a new regulator for the not for profit sector in Australia. Some of the proposed functions of the regulator could include: • … Continue reading
Govt review of public ancillary funds
The then Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Bill Shorten announced a review into public ancillary funds, calling for submissions by 17 December 2010. Treasury stated that: “The proposed changes introduce a new regulatory framework similar to … Continue reading
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Tagged Assistant Treasurer, Bill Shorten, government review, Public Ancillary Funds, Treasury
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