Division
The majority voted in favour of [amendments](http://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2015-11-11.166.1) moved by Greens Senator [Peter Whish-Wilson](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/tasmania/peter_whish-wilson). The amendments will now go to the House of Represenatives for them to consider before they can become part of the bill. ### What were the amendments? The amendments give the [Australian Taxation Office](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Taxation_Office) a discretion to prevent the disclosure of tax information of large Australian-owned private companies if the ATO thinks releasing that information would be prejudicial to the companies' commercial negotiations. ### What does the bill do? The [bill](http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r5549) strengthens the laws against [tax avoidance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_avoidance) for certain companies. For example, it introduces anti-avoidance measures to deal with [multinational companies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multinational_corporation) with an annual global income of more than $A1 billion that use schemes to avoid having to pay tax in Australia or at least reduce that tax to a minimum. To learn more about the bill, see the [bills digest](http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd1516a/16bd045).
Senate, 2015-11-11. affirmative: ayes 32, noes 29.
Question
The majority voted in favour of [amendments](http://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2015-11-11.166.1) moved by Greens Senator [Peter Whish-Wilson](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/tasmania/peter_whish-wilson). The amendments will now go to the House of Represenatives for them to consider before they can become part of the bill. ### What were the amendments? The amendments give the [Australian Taxation Office](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Taxation_Office) a discretion to prevent the disclosure of tax information of large Australian-owned private companies if the ATO thinks releasing that information would be prejudicial to the companies' commercial negotiations. ### What does the bill do? The [bill](http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r5549) strengthens the laws against [tax avoidance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_avoidance) for certain companies. For example, it introduces anti-avoidance measures to deal with [multinational companies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multinational_corporation) with an annual global income of more than $A1 billion that use schemes to avoid having to pay tax in Australia or at least reduce that tax to a minimum. To learn more about the bill, see the [bills digest](http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd1516a/16bd045).
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