All changes made to the description and title of this
division.
View division
|
Edit description
| Change |
Division |
|
senate vote 2023-06-21#1
Edited by
mackay staff
on
2023-09-22 07:49:17
|
Title
Bills — Treasury Laws Amendment (2022 Measures No. 4) Bill 2022; in Committee- Treasury Laws Amendment (2022 Measures No. 4) Bill 2022 - in Committee - Skills and Training Boost and the Technology Investment Boost
Description
<p class="speaker">Dean Smith</p><p>The committee is considering the Treasury Laws Amendment (2022 Measures No. 4) Bill 2022. Yesterday evening, divisions were called on various amendments. The votes on those amendments will now be held, starting with the amendments moved by Senator David Pocock on sheet 1926.</p>-
- The majority voted against an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2023-06-20.177.1) introduced by ACT Senator [David Pocock](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/act/david_pocock) (Independent), which means it was not successful.
- ### What was the purpose of this amendment?
- Senator Pocock [explained that](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2023-06-20.177.1):
- > *[The Skills and Training Boost and the Technology Investment Boost] are great measures for small businesses to help them digitise to drive genuine productivity among small businesses, but they have two weeks to make use of this funding. We're told that it will be backdated to March and small businesses can keep their receipts and claim it, but every small business we in my office have talked to has had no idea about this scheme. It seems that it won't have much effect, and, potentially, the only people to benefit from this will be the government's bottom line, given that there was money budgeted for it.*
- >
- > *This amendment seeks to ensure that small businesses do have a year to digitise and claim some of that back on tax. This is incredibly important for our small businesses who are seeking to become more efficient, to increase productivity, and indeed we hear a lot about productivity from both sides of politics at the moment.*
<p class="speaker">Andrew McLachlan</p><p>The question is that amendment (1) on sheet 1926, moved by Senator David Pocock, be agreed to.</p><p></p><p></p> -
-
|