Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 4) 1986
Act No. 154 of 1986 as amended
This compilation was prepared on 14 September 2010
taking into account amendments up to Act No. 75 of 2010
The text of any of those amendments not in force
on that date is appended in the Notes section
The operation of amendments that have been incorporated may be
affected by application provisions that are set out in the Notes section
Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing,
Attorney-General’s Department, Canberra
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
PART I - PRELIMINARY
Section
1. Short title [see Note 1]
2. Commencement [see Note 1]
PART II - AMENDMENT OF THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY STAMP DUTY
REGULATIONS
3. Australian Capital Territory Stamp Duty Regulations
4. Amendment of First Schedule
5. Application
6. Amendment or repeal of Regulations
PART III - AMENDMENTS OF THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
TAXATION (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1969
7. Principal Act
8. Interpretation
9. Instrument of conveyance to be stamped or lodged for assessment
10. Refund of duty where agreement not completed
11. Insertion of new section-
50AA. Refund or remission of duty where Crown lease surrendered
12. Insertion of new Division-
Division 9A - Transfers of Marketable Securities Registered in
Registers Outside the Territory
58AB. Liability to pay tax
58AC. Returns by companies
58AD. Credits in respect of non-Territory stamp duty paid in respect of
transfers
58AE. Company may recover tax from transferee
58AF. Partition of marketable securities
13. Repeal of section 58G and insertion of new section-
58G. Registration of transfers of marketable securities
14. Transitional
PART IV - AMENDMENT OF THE BANKRUPTCY ACT 1966
15. Principal Act
16. Priority payments
PART V - AMENDMENT OF THE CRIMES (TAXATION OFFENCES) ACT 1980
17. Principal Act
18. Interpretation
PART VI - AMENDMENT OF THE CROWN DEBTS (PRIORITY) ACT 1981
19. Principal Act
20. Certain rights of the Crown not affected
PART VII - AMENDMENT OF THE ESTATE DUTY ASSESSMENT ACT 1914
21. Principal Act
22. Duty first charge on estate
PART VIII - AMENDMENTS OF THE INCOME TAX ASSESSMENT ACT 1936
23. Principal Act
24. Interpretation
25. Insertion of new section-
6CA. Source of natural resource income derived by a non-resident
26. Exemptions
27. Exemption of certain pensions
28. Rebate in respect of certain pensions
29. Rebate in respect of amounts assessable under section 26AH
30. What constitutes a disposal or acquisition
31. Capital gains and capital losses
32. Return of capital on shares
33. Return of capital on investment in trust
34. Application to joint owners
35. Options
36. Involuntary disposal
37. Exemption of principal residence
38. Disposal of shares or interest in partnership or trust
39. Insertion of new section-
221AB. Modified application of Division for early balancing
companies
40. Interpretation
41. Employer not accounting for deductions
42. Insertion of new heading-
Subdivision A - General Provisions
43. Provisional tax on estimated income
44. Insertion of new Subdivision-
Subdivision B - Provisional Tax Avoidance Schemes
221YHAAA. Interpretation
221YHAAB. Additional estimates and information required to be
set out in statement estimating taxable income
221YHAAC. Provisional tax avoidance schemes relating to taxpayers other
than taxpayers in the capacity of trustees
221YHAAD. Provisional tax avoidance schemes relating to trustees liable
to be assessed under section 98
221YHAAE. Review of decisions
45. Failure to pay amounts deducted to Commissioner
46. Insertion of new Division-
Division 3B - Collection of Tax in Respect of Certain Natural Resource
Payments and Royalty Payments
221YHZA. Interpretation
221YHZB. Person making natural resource payment, or royalty payment, to
non-resident to ascertain amount to be deducted in respect of
tax
221YHZC. Duty of payer to deduct amount in respect of tax
221YHZD. Duty of payer to pay deducted amount to Commissioner
221YHZE. Remission of certain amounts
221YHZF. Reduction of late payment penalty where judgment debt
carries interest
221YHZG. Penalties to be alternative to prosecution for certain
offences
221YHZH. Persons discharged from liability in respect of deducted
amounts
221YHZJ. Recovery of amounts by Commissioner
221YHZK. Credits in respect of deducted amounts
221YHZL. Application of credits
221YHZM. Review of decisions
221YHZN. Application of Division to partnerships
47. Person in receipt or control of money from non-resident
48. Repeal of section 256
49. Application
PART IX - AMENDMENT OF THE PAY-ROLL TAX ASSESSMENT ACT 1941
51. Principal Act
52. Provision for payment of tax by executors and administrators
PART X - AMENDMENTS OF THE TAXATION ADMINISTRATION ACT 1953
53. Principal Act
54. Commissioner and Second Commissioners of Taxation
55. Insertion of new Part-
PART IVAB - REQUESTS FOR REFERENCE
14ZAB. Interpretation
14ZAC. Requests for reference to be accompanied by required fee
14ZAD. Requests for reference may be withdrawn
14ZAE. Refunds of required fee
56. Interpretation
PART XI - AMENDMENT OF THE TAXATION (INTEREST ON OVERPAYMENTS)
ACT 1983
57. Principal Act
58. Interpretation
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986 - LONG TITLE
An Act to amend the law relating to taxation
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 1
Short title [see Note 1]
1. This Act may be cited as the Taxation Laws Amendment Act
(No. 4) 1986.
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 2
Commencement [see Note 1]
2. (1) Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on the
day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(2) Paragraph 8 (c) shall be deemed to have come into operation on 10 June
1986.
(3) Part II, paragraph 8 (a) and sections 9, 10, and 11 shall come into
operation on the first day of the month next following the month in which this
Act receives the Royal Assent.
(4) Paragraphs 26 (b) and (c), sections 28 and 40 and sub-sections 49 (3)
and (7) shall come into operation on the day fixed by Proclamation for the
purposes of section 2 of the Student Assistance Amendment Act 1986.
(5) Section 55 shall come into operation on a day to be fixed by
Proclamation.
PART II - AMENDMENT OF THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY STAMP DUTY
REGULATIONS
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 3
Australian Capital Territory Stamp Duty Regulations
3. The Australian Capital Territory Stamp Duty Regulations are in this Part
referred to as the Regulations.
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 4
Amendment of First Schedule
4. The First Schedule to the Regulations is amended by inserting in Item 3
"(other than a Crown lease)" after "Conveyance".
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 5
Application
5. The amendment of the Regulations made by this Part applies to a Crown
lease the date of commencement of which specified in the lease is on or after
the date of commencement of this section.
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 6
Amendment or repeal of Regulations
6. The amendment of the Regulations by this Part does not prevent the
amendment or repeal, by regulations, of the Regulations as amended by this
Part.
PART III - AMENDMENTS OF THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY TAXATION
(ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1969
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 7
Principal Act
7. The Australian Capital Territory Taxation (Administration) Act 1969*1* is
in this Part referred to as the Principal Act.
*1* No. 42, 1969, as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 216, 1973; Nos.
61, 92 and 127, 1981; No. 127, 1982; No. 39, 1983; No. 123, 1984; Nos. 123 and
168, 1985; and No. 48, 1986.
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 8
Interpretation
8. Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended-
(a) by inserting after the definition of "negotiation" in sub-section (1)
the following definition:
" 'non-commercial Commonwealth authority' means a body corporate (not
being an incorporated company, society or association)that-
(a) is incorporated for a public purpose by or under a law of the
Commonwealth or of the Territory; and
(b) does not have as its sole or principal function the carrying on
of
an activity in the nature of a business, whether or not for profit;";
(b) by inserting "the Australian Capital Territory Tax (Transfers of
Marketable Securities) Act 1986," after "(Purchases of Marketable Securities)
Act 1969," in the definition of "tax" in sub-section (1); and
(c) by adding at the end the following sub-section:
"(14) A reference in this Act to the registration of a transfer of a
marketable security includes a reference to the recording or entry of the
transfer.".
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 9
Instrument of conveyance to be stamped or lodged for assessment
9. Section 47 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end the
following sub-section:
"(8) Where an instrument is required pursuant to this section to be lodged
with the Commissioner for assessment, the instrument shall not be taken to
have been so lodged unless it is accompanied by such information or documents
(if any) as the Commissioner requires in connection with the application of
section 5A of the Australian Capital Territory Stamp Duty Act 1969.".
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 10
Refund of duty where agreement not completed
10. Section 50A of the Principal Act is amended-
(a) by inserting after sub-section (1) the following sub-section:
"(1A) Where-
(a) section 5A of the Australian Capital Territory Stamp Duty Act 1969
is
applied, in relation to an agreement (in this sub-section referred to as the
'chattels agreement') for the transfer or hiring of, or the granting or
assignment of rights to use, chattels, in calculating the amount of duty on an
instrument;
(b) an amount of the duty has been paid by a person and is not required
to be refunded under sub-section (1) of this section;
(c) the chattels agreement is void, is unenforceable (both at law and
in
equity), is rescinded or comes to an end; and
(d) the Commissioner is satisfied that no transfer or hiring of, or
granting or assignment of rights to use, chattels has been, or may reasonably
be expected to be, made pursuant to the chattels agreement,
there shall, subject to this section, be refunded to the person by whom
the
amount of the duty was paid so much of that duty as, in the opinion of the
Commissioner, is attributable to the application of section 5A of the
Australian Capital Territory Stamp Duty Act 1969."; and
(b) by omitting from sub-sections (2) and (3) "sub-section (1)" and
substituting "this section".
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 11
11. After section 50A of the Principal Act the following section is
inserted:
Refund or remission of duty where Crown lease surrendered
"50AA. (1) Where-
(a) an amount of duty has been paid on an instrument, being a Crown lease;
(b) the lease is surrendered or determined; and
(c) the whole or a part (which whole or part is in this sub-section
referred to as the 'lease refund') of the amount (in this sub-section referred
to as the 'lease consideration') paid for or in respect of the grant of the
lease is refunded under section 37A of the City Area Leases Ordinance 1936 of
the Australian Capital Territory, the Commissioner shall refund to the person
by whom the amount of duty was paid an amount calculated in accordance with
the formula AB, where- ---
C
A is the amount of duty;
B is the amount that would have been the amount of the lease refund if no
deduction had been made for administrative expenses; and
C is the amount of the lease consideration.
"(2) A person is not entitled to a refund under sub-section (1) unless the
person gives to the Commissioner, within 12 months after the lease refund
referred to in sub-section (1) is made, an application in accordance with an
approved form, together with such information as the Commissioner requires to
enable the Commissioner to determine the amount of the refund.
"(3) Duty that is payable by a person on an instrument but has not been paid
shall be remitted in the same circumstances as those in which it would be
refunded under this section if it had been paid.".
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 12
12. After Division 9 of Part III of the Principal Act the following Division
is inserted:
"Division 9A-Transfers of Marketable Securities Registered in Registers
Outside
the Territory
Liability to pay tax
"58AB. Tax imposed on the registration by a company of a transfer of a
marketable security-
(a) is payable by the company; and
(b) is due and payable on the twenty-first day of the month next following
the month in which the transfer is registered.
Returns by companies
"58AC. A company that is liable to pay tax on the registration, during a
month, of the transfer of a marketable security, or on the registrations,
during a month, of the transfers of 2 or more marketable securities, shall, on
or before the day on which the tax becomes due and payable, furnish to the
Commissioner a return in accordance with an approved form showing particulars
of the transfer or of each of the transfers, as the case may be.
Credits in respect of non-Territory stamp duty paid in respect of transfers
"58AD. (1) Subject to this section, where tax is, or but for this
sub-section, would be, payable by a company on the registration of a transfer
of a marketable security, the company is entitled to a credit of tax in
respect of the tax payable on the registration of an amount equal to the
amount of stamp duty or any similar tax paid or payable on, or in respect of,
the transfer under a law of the place in which was kept the register in which
the marketable security was registered immediately before the date on which
the instrument of transfer was executed.
"(2) Where a credit of tax is allowable in respect of the tax payable on the
registration of a transfer of a marketable security, that credit shall not
exceed the amount of tax that, before the allowance of that credit, is payable
on the registration.
"(3) A credit under this section is not allowable to a company in respect of
the registration of a transfer of a marketable security unless the company
gives to the Commissioner, within 12 months after the time when the tax in
respect of which the credit is claimed became due and payable, an application
in accordance with an approved form, together with such information as the
Commissioner requires to enable the Commissioner to determine the amount of
the credit.
"(4) Where a credit is allowable to a company under this section in respect
of the registration of a transfer of a marketable security-
(a) if the whole or any part of the tax payable on the registration is
unpaid-the Commissioner shall apply the credit against that tax;
(b) if the company is subject to any other liability to the Commonwealth,
being a liability arising under, or by virtue of, an Act of which the
Commissioner has the general administration-the Commissioner may apply so much
of the credit as has not been applied under paragraph (a) against that
liability; and
(c) the Commissioner shall refund so much (if any) of the credit as has not
been applied under paragraph (a) or (b).
Company may recover tax from transferee
"58AE. A company that pays or is liable to pay tax on the registration of a
transfer of a marketable security may recover from the transferee an amount
designated as the tax and equal to the amount of the tax payable less the
amount of any credit of tax to which the company is entitled under section
58AD.
Partition of marketable securities
"58AF. In calculating the amount of tax (if any) payable on the registration
of a transfer of a marketable security executed to give effect to a partition
or division of a parcel of marketable securities, there shall be deducted from
the unencumbered value of the marketable securities transferred to the
transferee the unencumbered value of the beneficial interest held by the
transferee before the transfer in the marketable securities included in that
parcel.".
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 13
13. (1) Section 58G of the Principal Act is repealed and the following
section is substituted:
Registration of transfers of marketable securities
"58G. A transfer of a marketable security shall not be registered in the
books of the company or unit trust to which the marketable security relates
unless-
(a) the instrument of transfer-
(i) bears a statement in respect of the sale or purchase to which the
transaction relates, made in accordance with section 52 of this Act or in
accordance with a provision of a law of a State or another Territory relating
to stamp duty, to the effect that stamp duty, if payable, has been or will be
paid;
(ii) has been duly stamped for the purposes of this Act or of a law of
a
State or another Territory relating to stamp duty; or
(iii) bears a stamp affixed or impressed under section 17 of this Act
or
under a provision of a law of a State or another Territory relating to stamp
duty to the effect that no tax or stamp duty is payable;
(b) tax is imposed by the Australian Capital Territory Tax (Transfers of
Marketable Securities) Act 1986 on the registration of the transfer; or
(c) tax would, but for sub-section 6 (1) of that Act, be imposed by that
Act on the registration of the transfer.".
(2) Section 58G of the Principal Act as amended by this Act applies, and
shall be deemed to have applied, in relation to a registration made after the
commencement of the Australian Capital Territory Tax (Transfers of Marketable
Securities) Act 1986.
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 14
Transitional
14. (1) Notwithstanding section 58AB of the Principal Act as amended by this
Act, tax imposed on the registration, before the beginning of the month next
following the month in which this Act receives the Royal Assent, of a transfer
of a marketable security is due and payable on the twenty-first day of the
month next following the month in which this Act receives the Royal Assent.
(2) Notwithstanding section 58AC of the Principal Act as amended by this
Act, where a company is liable to pay tax on the registration, during the
period commencing on the commencement of the Australian Capital Territory Tax
(Transfers of Marketable Securities) Act 1986 and ending immediately before
the month next following the month in which this Act receives the Royal
Assent, of the transfer of a marketable security or on the registrations,
during that period, of the transfers of 2 or more marketable securities, the
return required to be furnished by the company under that section in relation
to the transfer or transfers shall relate to that period.
PART IV - AMENDMENT OF THE BANKRUPTCY ACT 1966
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 15
Principal Act
15. The Bankruptcy Act 1966*2* is in this Part referred to as the Principal
Act.
*2* No. 33, 1966, as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 121, 1968; No.
40, 1969; No. 122, 1970; No. 216, 1973 (as amended by No. 20, 1974); No. 56,
1975; Nos. 91 and 161, 1976; No. 111, 1977; No. 155, 1979; Nos. 12 and 70,
1980; Nos. 74 and 176, 1981; No. 18, 1983; Nos. 10 and 63, 1984; and Nos. 21
and 193, 1985.
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 16
Priority payments
16. Section 109 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in sub-section
(1) ", 221YHZD" after "221YHJ".
PART V - AMENDMENT OF THE CRIMES (TAXATION OFFENCES) ACT 1980
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 17
Principal Act
17. The Crimes (Taxation Offences) Act 1980*3* is in this Part referred to
as the Principal Act.
*3* No. 156, 1980, as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 123, 1984; No.
47, 1985; and Nos. 41, 48 and 76, 1986.
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 18
Interpretation
18. Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting "sub-section
221YHZC (3) or 221YHZD (1), sub-paragraph 221YHZD (2) (b) (ii)," after "221YHJ
(1) (b) (ii)," in paragraph (g) of the definition of "income tax" in
sub-section (1).
PART VI - AMENDMENT OF THE CROWN DEBTS (PRIORITY) ACT 1981
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 19
Principal Act
19. The Crown Debts (Priority) Act 1981*4* is in this Part referred to as
the Principal Act.
*4* No. 93, 1981, as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 18, 1983.
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 20
Certain rights of the Crown not affected
20. Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting ", 221YHZD" after
"221YHJ".
PART VII - AMENDMENT OF THE ESTATE DUTY ASSESSMENT ACT 1914
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 21
Principal Act
21. The Estate Duty Assessment Act 1914*5* is in this Part referred to as
the Principal Act.
*5* No. 22, 1914, as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 29, 1916; No.
34, 1922; No. 47, 1928; No. 12, 1940; No. 18, 1942; No. 16, 1947; No. 80,
1950; Nos. 1 and 52, 1953; No. 94, 1956; No. 60, 1957; No. 97, 1962; No. 72,
1963; Nos. 32 and 138, 1965; Nos. 53 and 93, 1966; No. 40, 1967; No. 9, 1970;
No. 95, 1972; No. 216, 1973; No. 130, 1974; No. 169, 1976; No. 22, 1978; Nos.
19 and 60, 1979; No. 92, 1981; No. 39, 1983; No. 123, 1984; No. 65, 1985; and
No. 48, 1986.
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 22
Duty first charge on estate
22. Section 34 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section
(1) "the Second Commissioner" and substituting "a Second Commissioner".
PART VIII - AMENDMENTS OF THE INCOME TAX ASSESSMENT ACT 1936
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 23
Principal Act
23. The Income Tax Assessment Act 1936*6* is in this Part referred to as the
Principal Act.
*6* No. 27, 1936, as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 88, 1936; No.
5, 1937; No. 46, 1938; No. 30, 1939; Nos. 17 and 65, 1940; Nos. 58 and 69,
1941; Nos. 22 and 50, 1942; No. 10, 1943; Nos. 3 and 28, 1944; Nos. 4 and 37,
1945; No. 6, 1946; Nos. 11 and 63, 1947; No. 44, 1948; No. 66, 1949; No. 48,
1950; No. 44, 1951; Nos. 4, 28 and 90, 1952; Nos. 1, 28, 45 and 81, 1953; No.
43, 1954; Nos. 18 and 62, 1955; Nos. 25, 30 and 101, 1956; Nos. 39 and 65,
1957; No. 55, 1958; Nos. 12, 70 and 85, 1959; Nos. 17, 18, 58 and 108, 1960;
Nos. 17, 27 and 94, 1961; Nos. 39 and 98, 1962; Nos. 34 and 69, 1963; Nos. 46,
68, 110 and 115, 1964; Nos. 33, 103 and 143, 1965; Nos. 50 and 83, 1966; Nos.
19, 38, 76 and 85, 1967; Nos. 4, 70, 87 and 148, 1968; Nos. 18, 93 and 101,
1969; No. 87, 1970; Nos. 6, 54 and 93, 1971; Nos. 5, 46, 47, 65 and 85, 1972;
Nos. 51, 52, 53, 164 and 165, 1973; No. 216, 1973 (as amended by No. 20,
1974); Nos. 26 and 126, 1974; Nos. 80 and 117, 1975; Nos. 50, 53, 56, 98, 143,
165 and 205, 1976; Nos. 57, 126 and 127, 1977; Nos. 36, 57, 87, 90, 123, 171
and 172, 1978; Nos. 12, 19, 27, 43, 62, 146, 147 and 149, 1979; Nos. 19, 24,
57, 58, 124, 133, 134 and 159, 1980; Nos. 61, 92, 108, 109, 110, 111, 154 and
175, 1981; Nos. 29, 38, 39, 76, 80, 106 and 123, 1982; Nos. 14, 25, 39, 49,
51, 54 and 103, 1983; Nos. 14, 42, 47, 63, 76, 115, 124, 165 and 174, 1984;
No. 123, 1984 (as amended by No. 65, 1985); Nos. 47, 49, 104, 123 and 168,
1985; No. 173, 1985 (as amended by No. 49, 1986); and Nos. 41, 46, 48, 49, 51,
52 and 90, 1986.
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 24
Interpretation
24. Section 6 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after the
definition of "mortgage" in sub-section (1) the following definition:
" 'natural resource' means minerals or any other non-living resource of the
land, sea-bed or sea;".
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 25
25. After section 6C of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:
Source of natural resource income derived by a non-resident
"6CA. (1) In this section-
'double tax agreement' means an agreement within the meaning of the Income
Tax (International Agreements) Act 1953;
'natural resource income' means income that-
(a) is derived by a non-resident; and
(b) is calculated, in whole or in part, by reference to the value or
quantity of natural resources produced, recovered or produced and recovered,
in Australia after 7 April 1986,
but does not include-
(c) income that consists of royalty; or
(d) income where-
(i) on 7 April 1986, the non-resident had a continuing entitlement
to
receive the income;
(ii) the income was derived by the non-resident pursuant to that
continuing entitlement;
(iii) the non-resident was, at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, by
standard
time in the Australian Capital Territory on 7 April 1986, a resident, within
the meaning of a double tax agreement, of a foreign country in respect of
which the double tax agreement was in force;
(iv) before 8 April 1986, the Commissioner had given a statement in
writing to the effect that income tax would be levied on 50% of income
included in a specified class of income; and
(v) the income is included in that class of income.
"(2) For the purposes of Divisions 5 and 6 of Part III, natural resource
income shall be deemed to be attributable to sources in Australia.
"(3) For the purposes of paragraph 23 (r) and sections 25 and 255, natural
resource income shall be deemed to have been derived from a source in
Australia.".
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 26
Exemptions
26. Section 23 of the Principal Act is amended-
(a) by inserting in paragraph (z) "provided by the Commonwealth" after
"assistance" (second and third occurring);
(b) by omitting sub-paragraphs (z) (v) and (vi) and substituting the
following sub-paragraphs:
"(v) a benefit received as a grant of Education Assistance under Part
III
of the Student Assistance Act 1973 that-
(A) is granted in respect of the undertaking of a course of study or
instruction that is determined to be a tertiary course for the purposes of
section 10 of that Act or in respect of the undertaking of a part of a course
of study or instruction that is determined to be part of a tertiary course for
the purposes of that section; and
(B) does not include a payment made in respect of a child or children
wholly or substantially dependent on the person who received the benefit; or
(vi) if a benefit received as a grant of Education Assistance under Part
III of the Student Assistance Act 1973, being a benefit that is granted in
respect of the undertaking of a course of study or instruction that is
determined to be a tertiary course for the purposes of section 10 of that Act
or in respect of the undertaking of a part of a course of study or instruction
that is determined to be part of a tertiary course for the purposes of that
section, includes a payment made in respect of a child or children wholly or
substantially dependent on the person who received the benefit-so much of the
benefit as exceeds the amount paid in respect of the child or children;"; and
(c) by omitting sub-paragraphs (zaa) (i) and (ii) and substituting the
following sub-paragraphs:
"(i) a benefit received as a grant of Education Assistance under Part
III
of the Student Assistance Act 1973 that-
(A) is granted in respect of the undertaking of a course of study or
instruction that is determined to be a secondary course for the purposes of
section 10 of that Act or in respect of the undertaking of a part of a course
of study or instruction that is determined to be part of a secondary course
for the purposes of that section; and
(B) does not include a payment made in respect of a child or children
wholly or substantially dependent on the person who received the benefit; or
(ii) if a benefit received as a grant of Education Assistance under
Part
III of the Student Assistance Act 1973, being a benefit that is granted in
respect of the undertaking of a course of study or instruction that is
determined to be a secondary course for the purposes of section 10 of that Act
or in respect of the undertaking of a part of a course of study or instruction
that is determined to be part of a secondary course for the purposes of that
section, includes a payment made in respect of a child or children wholly or
substantially dependent on the person who received the benefit-so much of the
benefit as exceeds the amount paid in respect of the child or children; and".
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 27
Exemption of certain pensions
27. Section 23AD of the Principal Act is amended-
(a) by omitting from paragraph (a) of the definition of "wife's pension" in
sub-section (1) "Part III" and substituting "sub-section 6 (1)"; and
(b) by omitting paragraph (c) of the definition of "wife's pension" in
sub-section (1) and substituting the following paragraph:
"(c) an allowance payable to or in respect of a woman under section 9 of
the Tuberculosis Act 1948 by reason that she is-
(i) the wife, as defined by Part III of the Social Security Act
1947
as in force at any time before 21 September 1984; or
(ii) the wife, as defined by sub-section 6 (1) of the Social
Security
Act 1947 as in force on or after 21 September 1984,
of a man who is a sufferer from tuberculosis, being a man who has
attained the age of 65 years.".
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 28
Rebate in respect of certain pensions
28. Section 160AAA of the Principal Act is amended by omitting paragraphs
(2) (b) and (c) and substituting the following word and paragraph:
"or (b) a benefit received as a grant of Education Assistance under Part
III of the Student Assistance Act 1973,".
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 29
Rebate in respect of amounts assessable under section 26AH
29. Section 160AAB of the Principal Act is amended-
(a) by omitting paragraph (1) (d) and substituting the following
paragraph:
"(d) Suncorp Insurance and Finance, being a body corporate established
by
a law of Queensland;"; and
(b) by adding at the end of sub-section (1) the following word and
paragraph:
"; or (f) the State Insurance Office established by a law of
Victoria.".
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 30
What constitutes a disposal or acquisition
30. Section 160M of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after
paragraph (5) (a) the following paragraph:
"(aa) an issue of units in a unit trust by the trustee of the unit trust
constitutes an acquisition of the units by the person to whom they were issued
but does not constitute a disposal of the units by the trustee of the unit
trust;".
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 31
Capital gains and capital losses
31. Section 160Z of the Principal Act is amended-
(a) by inserting in sub-section (4) "or if the asset is an interest that
was deemed to be acquired by a surviving joint tenant by virtue of section
160ZN," before "be construed";
(b) by inserting in sub-section (5) "sub-section 160ZL (2) or (3),
sub-section 160ZM (2) or (3) or by virtue of" after "by virtue of" (first
occurring); and
(c) by omitting from sub-section (5) "actually" and substituting "(apart
from the sub-section or sub-paragraph concerned)".
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 32
Return of capital on shares
32. Section 160ZL of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in
sub-section (1) "acquired by the taxpayer after 19 September 1985" after "in
the company".
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 33
Return of capital on investment in trust
33. Section 160ZM of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in
sub-section (1) ", being an interest or units acquired by the taxpayer after
19 September 1985," after "interest or units in the trust".
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 34
Application to joint owners
34. Section 160ZN of the Principal Act is amended-
(a) by omitting paragraph (1) (b) and substituting the following
paragraph:
"(b) if one of the joint tenants dies and the interest of the deceased
person in the asset was acquired by the deceased person before 20 September
1985-the interest of the deceased person in the asset shall be deemed, for the
purposes of this Part, to have been acquired by the survivor, or if there are
2 or more survivors, by those survivors in equal shares, on the date of the
deceased person's death and to have been so acquired for a consideration equal
to the market value of the interest at the date of the deceased person's
death;"; and
(b) by inserting in paragraph (1) (c) "if one of the joint tenants dies and
the interest of the deceased person in the asset was acquired by the deceased
person on or after 20 September 1985-the interest of the deceased person in
the asset shall be deemed, for the purposes of this Part, to have been
acquired by the survivor or, if there are 2 or more survivors, by those
survivors in equal shares, on the date of the deceased person's death and"
before "the interest so acquired by a surviving joint tenant".
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 35
Options
35. Section 160ZZC of the Principal Act is amended-
(a) by inserting in sub-section (3) "sub-section (3A) and to" after
"Subject to"; and
(b) by inserting after sub-section (3) the following sub-sections:
"(3A) Where, on or after 20 September 1985-
(a) a company grants an option to-
(i) acquire shares in the company; or
(ii) acquire debentures of the company; or
(b) the trustee of a unit trust grants an option to-
(i) acquire units in the unit trust; or
(ii) acquire debentures of the unit trust,
the following provisions have effect:
(c) the grant of the option shall not be taken to have constituted a
disposal of the option at the time when the grant took effect;
(d) if the option is exercised-the grant of the option shall not be
taken
to have constituted a disposal of the option at any time;
(e) if the option expires without being exercised or is cancelled,
released or abandoned-
(i) the grant of the option shall be taken to have constituted a
disposal of the option at the time when the option expires or is cancelled,
released or abandoned, as the case may be; and
(ii) the option shall be deemed to have been owned by the grantor
immediately before the disposal took place.
"(3B) A reference in sub-section (3A) to a debenture of a unit trust is
a
reference to anything issued by the trustee of the unit trust that, if the
unit trust were a company, would be a debenture of the company.".
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 36
Involuntary disposal
36. Section 160ZZK is amended by adding at the end the following
sub-section:
"(8) Nothing in section 170 prevents the amendment of an assessment at any
time for the purpose of giving effect to this section.".
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 37
Exemption of principal residence
37. Section 160ZZQ of the Principal Act is amended-
(a) by inserting after sub-section (13) the following sub-section:
"(13A) Subject to sub-section (21), where-
(a) a dwelling owned by a taxpayer, being a natural person who acquired
the dwelling as a beneficiary in the estate of a deceased person, is disposed
of;
(b) the dwelling was, throughout the period from the death of the
deceased person to the disposal of the dwelling, the sole or principal
residence of the taxpayer; and
(c) if the dwelling was acquired by the deceased person after 19
September 1985-the dwelling was, throughout the period during which the
dwelling was owned by the deceased person, the sole or principal residence of
the deceased person,
a capital gain shall not be deemed to have accrued to the taxpayer, and a
capital loss shall not be deemed to have been incurred by the taxpayer, as the
case requires, in respect of the disposal of the dwelling.";
(b) by inserting after sub-section (17) the following sub-section:
"(17A) Subject to sub-section (21), where-
(a) a dwelling owned by a taxpayer referred to in paragraph (13A) (a)
is
disposed of after 12 months after the date of the death of the deceased
person;
(b) either or both of the following sub-paragraphs is or are
applicable:
(i) the dwelling was the sole or principal residence of the
taxpayer
during part only of the period referred to in paragraph (13A) (b);
(ii) in a case to which paragraph (13A) (c) applies-the dwelling was
the sole or principal residence of the deceased person referred to in that
paragraph during part only of the period referred to in that paragraph; and
(c) but for this section and sub-section 160ZA (1), a capital gain
would
have accrued to the taxpayer, or the taxpayer would have incurred a capital
loss, in respect of the disposal,
a capital gain shall be deemed to have accrued to the taxpayer, or the
taxpayer shall be deemed to have incurred a capital loss, as the case may be,
in respect of the disposal of the dwelling, of an amount calculated in
accordance with the formula AB, where-
---
C
A is the amount of the capital gain or of the capital loss, as the case
may be, referred to in paragraph (c);
B is-
(d) in a case to which sub-paragraph (b) (i) applies-the number of
days
in the part of the period referred to in that sub-paragraph during which the
dwelling was not the sole or principal residence of the taxpayer;
(e) in a case to which sub-paragraph (b) (ii) applies-the number of
days in the part of the period referred to in that sub-paragraph during which
the dwelling was not the sole or principal residence of the deceased person;
or
(f) in a case to which both of sub-paragraphs (b) (i) and (ii)
apply-the sum of the numbers of days referred to in paragraphs (d) and (e);
and
C is-
(g) in a case where the dwelling was acquired by the deceased person
before 20 September 1985-the number of days in the period from and including
the date of the death of the deceased person to and including the day
immediately before the date of the disposal; or
(h) in a case where the dwelling was acquired by the deceased person
on
or after 20 September 1985-the number of days in the period from and including
the date on which the dwelling was acquired by the deceased person to and
including the day immediately before the date of disposal.";
(c) by inserting in paragraph (21) (b) "(13A)," after "(13),"; and
(d) by inserting in paragraph (21) (b) "(17A)," after "(17),".
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 38
Disposal of shares or interest in partnership or trust
38. Section 160ZZT of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from
sub-section (1) "the taxpayer" (last occurring) and substituting "the company
or trustee referred to in sub-sub-paragraph (c) (i) (A) or to the company,
partnership or trustee referred to in sub-sub-paragraph (c) (ii) (A), as the
case requires,".
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 39
39. (1) After section 221AA of the Principal Act the following section is
inserted:
Modified application of Division for early balancing companies
"221AB. (1) This Division applies, in relation to instalments of tax payable
by an early balancing company in respect of income of the year of income
commencing on 1 July 1986 or a subsequent year of income, as if-
(a) references in section 221AC (including that section as it applies in
accordance with section 102L or 102T) and section 221AF to a year of tax were
references to the period (in this sub-section referred to as the 'substituted
instalment period') of one year commencing on-
(i) the first day of the month next following the month in which the
year of income of the company ends; or
(ii) 1 January in the financial year next preceding the year of tax,
whichever is the later; and
(b) references in sections 221AF and 221AG to a specified date in a year of
tax were references to the date that precedes the specified date by the number
of months in the period commencing on the first day of the substituted
instalment period and ending immediately before the beginning of the year of
tax.
"(2) In this section, 'early balancing company' means a company whose year
of income ends more than 1 month before the beginning of the year of tax.".
(2) Where, but for this sub-section, the earliest date that may be
specified, in a notice (in this sub-section referred to as the "advanced
instalment notice") issued under sub-section 221AF (1) of the amended Act in
respect of an instalment of tax (in this sub-section referred to as the
"advanced instalment") in respect of the income of a company of the
transitional year, as the date on which the advanced instalment is due and
payable would be a date before 1 July 1987, the following provisions apply:
(a) 15 June 1987 is the earliest date that may be specified in the advanced
instalment notice as the date on which the advanced instalment is due and
payable;
(b) sub-sections 221AE (1) and 221AG (4), (5), (6) and (7) of the amended
Act apply, for the purpose of determining the amount of the advanced
instalment or an amount of additional tax in relation to the advanced
instalment, as if a reference in those sub-sections to one-quarter were a
reference to one-twelfth;
(c) sub-section 221AE (1A) of the amended Act applies in relation to the
advanced instalment as if the reference in that sub-section to $250 were a
reference to $84;
(d) sub-sections 221AE (5), (6) and (7) of the amended Act apply, in
relation to the transitional year, as if references in those sub-sections to
the income tax in respect of the income of the company of the year of income
were references to the amount of that income tax less the original deferred
amount;
(e) section 204 of the amended Act does not apply to so much of the income
tax payable by the company under the original assessment in respect of the
taxable income of the company of the transitional year as is equal to the
original deferred amount;
(f) subject to section 206 of the amended Act-
(i) so much of the income tax payable by the company in respect of
income of the transitional year as is equal to one-half of the original
deferred amount is due and payable on the date specified in a notice issued to
the company by the Commissioner for the purposes of this sub-paragraph, being
a date not earlier than 15 June 1988; and
(ii) so much of the income tax payable by the company in respect of
income of the transitional year as is equal to one-half of the original
deferred amount is due and payable on the date specified in a notice issued to
the company by the Commissioner for the purposes of this sub-paragraph, being
a date not earlier than 15 June 1989;
(g) if an amended assessment is made in respect of the taxable income of
the company of the transitional year and the revised deferred amount in
relation to the amended assessment exceeds the original deferred amount-
(i) where a notice has not been issued under sub-paragraph (f) (i)-
(A) section 204 does not apply in relation to so much of the tax
payable by virtue of the amended assessment as is equal to the excess; and
(B) paragraph (f) has effect as if a reference in that paragraph to
the
original deferred amount were a reference to the revised deferred amount; and
(ii) where a notice has been issued under sub-paragraph (f) (i)-
(A) section 204 does not apply in relation to so much of the tax
payable by virtue of the amended assessment as is equal to one-half of the
excess; and
(B) sub-paragraph (f) (ii) has effect as if a reference in that
sub-paragraph to the original deferred amount were a reference to the revised
deferred amount;
(h) if an amended assessment is made in respect of the taxable income of
the company of the transitional year and the original deferred amount exceeds
the revised deferred amount-
(i) where a notice has not been issued under sub-paragraph (f) (i)-
(A) any refund or credit to which the taxpayer would be entitled by
virtue of the amended assessment shall be reduced by the excess; and
(B) paragraph (f) has effect as if a reference in that paragraph to
the
original deferred amount were a reference to the revised deferred amount; and
(ii) where a notice has been issued under sub-paragraph (f) (i)-
(A) any refund or credit to which the taxpayer would be entitled by
virtue of the amended assessment shall be reduced by one-half of the excess;
and
(B) sub-paragraph (f) (ii) has effect as if a reference in that
sub-paragraph to the original deferred amount were a reference to the revised
deferred amount;
(j) no credit or other amount under the amended Act or any other Act
shall
be applied in reduction of an amount payable in accordance with paragraph (f)
before the amount so payable would, but for section 206 of the amended Act, be
due and payable.
(3) In sub-section (2) and this sub-section-
"amended Act" means the Principal Act as amended by this Act;
"income tax payable" means income tax payable after deducting any credits
under sub-section 98A (2), Division 18 of Part III or Division 3A of Part VI
of the amended Act or under the Income Tax (International Agreements) Act
1953;
"original assessment" means an assessment other than an amended assessment;
"original deferred amount", in relation to a company, means-
(a) where the substituted instalment period applicable in relation to
the
company in relation to the transitional year under sub-section 221AB (1) of
the amended Act commences not later than 1 February 1987-whichever of the
following amounts is the least:
(i) one-third of the income tax payable under the original
assessment
in respect of the taxable income of the company of the transitional year;
(ii) one-third of the amount that, immediately before the issue of
the
notice of the original assessment in respect of the taxable income of the
company of the transitional year, was the notional tax in relation to the
transitional year for the purposes of Division 1A of Part VI of the amended
Act;
(iii) the amount by which the income tax payable in respect of the
taxable income of the company of the transitional year exceeds the amount, or
the sum of the amounts, that, immediately before the issue of the notice of
the original assessment in respect of the taxable income of the company of the
transitional year, was or were payable as an instalment or instalments of tax
in respect of the transitional year in accordance with Division 1A of Part VI
of the amended Act; or
(b) in any other case-the amount that would be applicable under
paragraph
(a) of this definition if that paragraph were applicable and a reference in
that paragraph to one-third were a reference to one-sixth;
"revised deferred amount", in relation to an amended assessment (in this
definition referred to as the "latest amended assessment"), means the amount
that would be the original deferred amount if-
(a) the latest amended assessment and any previous amended assessment
had formed part of the original assessment; and
(b) notice of the original assessment had been issued at the time when
notice of the latest amended assessment was issued;
"transitional year" means the year of income commencing on 1 July 1986.
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 40
Interpretation
40. Section 221A of the Principal Act is amended by omitting paragraphs (m)
and (n) of the definition of "salary or wages" in sub-section (1) and
substituting the following word and paragraph:
"or (m) by way of living allowance under a grant of Education Assistance
under Part III of the Student Assistance Act 1973, being a living allowance
paid under paragraph 11 (a) of that Act,".
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 41
Employer not accounting for deductions
41. Section 221P of the Principal Act is amended-
(a) by inserting in sub-section (2) "or 221YHZD (3)" after "sub-section
221YHJ (3)" (first and second occurring); and
(b) by inserting in sub-section (2) "or 221YHZD (3), as the case requires,"
after "sub-section 221YHJ (3)" (last occurring).
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 42
42. Before section 221YA of the Principal Act the following heading is
inserted:
"Subdivision A-General Provisions".
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 43
Provisional tax on estimated income
43. Section 221YDA of the Principal Act is amended-
(a) by inserting in sub-section (4) "amount that, but for section 221YHAAC
or 221YHAAD, is the amount of the" after "greater than the"; and
(b) by inserting in paragraph (4) (b) "and, if section 221YHAAC or 221YHAAD
applies in relation to the taxpayer in relation to the year of income, the
amount so estimated had been increased in accordance with whichever of those
sections is applicable" after "sub-section (1)".
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 44
44. After section 221YH of the Principal Act the following Subdivision is
inserted in Division 3 of Part VI:
"Subdivision B-Provisional Tax Avoidance Schemes
Interpretation
"221YHAAA. (1) In this Subdivision-
'arrangement' means-
(a) any agreement, arrangement, understanding, promise or undertaking,
whether express or implied, and whether or not enforceable, or intended to be
enforceable, by legal proceedings; and
(b) any scheme, plan, proposal, action, course of action or course of
conduct, whether unilateral or otherwise;
'associate', in relation to a person (in this definition referred to as the
'family member'), means-
(a) a relative of the family member;
(b) (except for the purposes of the definition of 'family partnership')
a
partner of the family member;
(c) (except for the purposes of the definition of 'family partnership')
if a person who is an associate of the family member by virtue of paragraph
(b) is a natural person-the spouse or a child of that natural person;
(d) a partnership in which the family member is a partner or in which
another person who is an associate of the family member by virtue of another
paragraph of this definition is a partner;
(e) a trustee of a trust estate where the family member or another
person
who is an associate of the family member by virtue of another paragraph of
this definition benefits or is capable (whether by the exercise of a power of
appointment or otherwise) of benefiting under the trust, either directly or
through any interposed companies, partnerships or trusts; or
(f) a company where-
(i) the company is, or its directors are, accustomed or under an
obligation, whether formal or informal, to act in accordance with the
directions, instructions or wishes of the family member, of another person who
is an associate of the family member by virtue of another paragraph of this
definition, of a company that is an associate of the family member by virtue
of another application of this sub-paragraph or of any 2 or more such persons;
or
(ii) the family member is, the persons who are associates of the
family member by virtue of sub-paragraph (i) and the preceding paragraphs of
this definition are, or the family member and the persons who are associates
of the family member by virtue of that sub-paragraph and those paragraphs are,
in a position to cast, or control the casting of, more than 50% of the maximum
number of votes that might be cast at a general meeting of the company;
'family partnership', in relation to a taxpayer, in relation to a year of
income, means a partnership where the taxpayer and at least one associate of
the taxpayer are partners in the partnership and the factor calculated in
accordance with the formula A, where-
---
B
A is the sum of the individual interests of partners in the
partnership,
being-
(a) the taxpayer; and
(b) associates of the taxpayer,
in the net income, or the partnership loss, of the partnership of the
year of income; and
B is the net income, or the partnership loss, as the case may be, of
the
partnership of the year of income,
exceeds 0.5;
'family partnership income', in relation to a family partnership of a
taxpayer, in relation to a year of income, means the amount included in the
assessable income of the taxpayer of the year of income under sub-section 92
(1) in respect of the net income of the partnership;
'family partnership loss', in relation to a family partnership of a
taxpayer, in relation to a year of income, means the amount of the deduction
allowable to the taxpayer under sub-section 92 (2) in the year of income in
respect of the partnership loss of the partnership;
'family trust', in relation to a person (in this definition referred to as
the 'family member'), in relation to a year of income, means-
(a) a trust estate where the family member and at least one associate
of
the family member benefits, or is capable (whether by the exercise of a power
of appointment or otherwise) of benefiting, at any time during the year of
income, under the trust and, in a case where there is a net income of the
trust estate of the year of income, the factor calculated in accordance with
the formula A, where-
---
B
A is the sum of the shares of the net income of the trust estate of
the year of income-
(i) included, under section 97, 98A or 100, in the assessable
income of a beneficiary, or assessable incomes of beneficiaries, of the trust
estate, being-
(A) the family member; or
(B) associates of the family member; or
(ii) not being shares to which sub-paragraph (i) applies-in
respect
of which the trustee of the trust estate is liable to be assessed under
section 98 in relation to beneficiaries of the trust estate, being-
(A) the family member; or
(B) associates of the family member; and
B is the net income of the trust estate of the year of income,
exceeds 0.5; or
(b) a trust estate where-
(i) the family member benefits, or is capable (whether by the
exercise of a power of appointment or otherwise) of benefiting, at any time
during the year of income, under the trust;
(ii) if there is a net income of the trust estate of the year of
income-the factor calculated in accordance with the formula A, where-
---
B
A is the share of the net income of the trust estate of the year
of
income included, under section 97, 98A or 100, in the assessable income of the
family member or, not being such a share, in respect of which the trustee of
the trust estate is liable to be assessed under section 98 in relation to the
family member; and
B is the sum of the shares of the net income of the trust estate
of
the year of income-
(A) included, under section 97, 98A or 100, in the assessable
income of the beneficiary, or assessable incomes of beneficiaries, of the
trust estate; or
(B) not being shares to which sub-sub-paragraph (A) applies-in
respect of which the trustee of the trust estate is liable to be assessed
under section 98 in relation to the beneficiary, or the beneficiaries, of the
trust estate,
exceeds 0.5; and
(iii) either of the following sub-sub-paragraphs apply:
(A) the trustee of the trust estate is, or the trustees of the
trust
estate are, accustomed or under an obligation, whether formal or informal, to
act in accordance with the directions, instructions or wishes of the family
member, of an associate of the family member or of any 2 or more of such
persons;
(B) the family member, an associate of the family member, or any 2
or more such persons, may remove or appoint the trustee, or any of the
trustees, of the trust estate;
'family trust income', in relation to a family trust of a taxpayer, in
relation to a year of income, means the amount included in the assessable
income of the taxpayer of the year of income under section 97, 98A or 100 in
respect of the trust.
"(2) For the purpose only of determining whether a person is an associate of
another person within the meaning of this Subdivision, the definition of
'relative' in sub-section 6 (1) and the definition of 'associate' in
sub-section (1) of this section apply as if a reference in the definition
concerned to the spouse of a person included a reference to another person
who, although not legally married to the person, lives with the person on a
bona fide domestic basis as the husband or wife of the person.
"(3) A reference in this Subdivision to the carrying out of an arrangement
by a person includes a reference to the carrying out of an arrangement by a
person together with another person or other persons.
"(4) A reference in this Subdivision to an arrangement or a part of an
arrangement being entered into or carried out by a person for a particular
purpose shall be read as including a reference to the arrangement or the part
of the arrangement being entered into or carried out by the person for 2 or
more purposes of which that particular purpose is the dominant purpose.
"(5) A reference in this Subdivision to the net income of a partnership or
the net income of a trust estate of a year of income shall, if by virtue of
Part IIIA, the net income of the partnership or the trust estate of that year
of income included a net capital gain within the meaning of that Part, be
taken to be the amount that would have been that net income if that net
capital gain had not been so included.
"(6) A reference in this Subdivision to the partnership loss of a
partnership for a year of income shall, if by virtue of Part IIIA, a net
capital gain within the meaning of that Part was taken into account in
calculating that partnership loss, be taken to be the amount that would have
been that partnership loss if that net capital gain had not been so taken into
account.
Additional estimates and information required to be set out in statement
estimating taxable income
"221YHAAB. Without limiting the generality of the information required to be
set out in a statement furnished under sub-section 221YDA (1), where a
taxpayer furnishes a statement under that sub-section setting out the
estimated taxable income of the taxpayer for a year of income (in this section
referred to as the 'current year of income'), the statement shall also
include-
(a) in a case where-
(i) the taxpayer is not a taxpayer in the capacity of a trustee;
(ii) either of the following sub-sub-paragraphs apply:
(A) the taxable income of the taxpayer of the last preceding year of
income consisted of, or included, family partnership income in relation to a
partnership that was a family partnership of the taxpayer in relation to the
last preceding year of income or family trust income in relation to a trust
estate that was a family trust of the taxpayer in relation to the last
preceding year of income;
(B) there was a family partnership loss of the taxpayer in the last
preceding year of income in relation to a partnership that was a family
partnership of the taxpayer in relation to the last preceding year of income;
and
(iii) the partnership or trust estate, as the case may be, is, or might
reasonably be expected to be, a family partnership or family trust, as the
case may be, of the taxpayer in relation to the current year of income,
an estimate, in respect of the partnership or trust estate, of the family
partnership income or the family partnership loss, or the family trust income,
as the case may be, of the taxpayer for the current year of income; and
(b) in any case-such other information, estimates and explanations in
connection with the application of this Subdivision as is specified in the
form in which the statement is required to be furnished.
Provisional tax avoidance schemes relating to taxpayers other than taxpayers
in
the capacity of trustees
"221YHAAC. (1) Subject to sub-section (3), where-
(a) a taxpayer other than a taxpayer in the capacity of a trustee furnishes
a statement under sub-section 221YDA (1) setting out the estimated taxable
income of the taxpayer for a year of income (in this sub-section referred to
as the 'current year of income');
(b) the Commissioner is satisfied that there is, or might reasonably be
expected to be, a family partnership or family trust of the taxpayer in
relation to the current year of income; and
(c) the Commissioner serves on the taxpayer a notice in writing stating
that the Commissioner is of the opinion that-
(i) the taxpayer has obtained or, but for this sub-section, would
obtain, a provisional tax benefit, of an amount specified in the notice, in
connection with an arrangement in respect of the partnership or trust estate
in relation to the current year of income, being an arrangement entered into
or carried out before or after the commencement of this section; and
(ii) having regard to-
(A) the manner in which the arrangement was entered into or carried
out;
(B) the form and substance of the arrangement;
(C) the time at which the arrangement was entered into and the length
of the period during which the arrangement was carried out;
(D) the result in relation to the operation of this Division that,
but
for this sub-section, would be achieved by the arrangement;
(E) any change in the financial position of the taxpayer that has
resulted, will result, or may reasonably be expected to result, from the
arrangement;
(F) any change in the financial position of any person who has, or
has
had, any connection (whether of a business, family or other nature) with the
taxpayer, being a change that has resulted, will result, or might reasonably
be expected to result, from the arrangement;
(G) any other consequence for the taxpayer, or for any person
referred
to in sub-sub-paragraph (F), of the arrangement having been entered into or
carried out; and
(H) the nature of any connection (whether of a business, family or
other nature) between the taxpayer and any person referred to in
sub-sub-paragraph (F),
it would be concluded that the person, or one of the persons, who
entered into or carried out the arrangement or any part of the arrangement did
so for the purpose of enabling the taxpayer to obtain a provisional tax
benefit in connection with the arrangement or of enabling the taxpayer and
another taxpayer or other taxpayers each to obtain a provisional tax benefit
in connection with the arrangement (whether or not that person who entered
into or carried out the arrangement or any part of the arrangement is the
taxpayer or is the other taxpayer or one of the other taxpayers), the
estimated taxable income of the taxpayer of the current year of income shall
be deemed to have been increased by the amount of the provisional tax benefit
specified in the notice.
"(2) A reference in sub-section (1) to the obtaining by a taxpayer of a
provisional tax benefit in connection with an arrangement in respect of a
partnership or trust estate (in this sub-section referred to as the 'scheme
partnership' or the 'scheme trust estate', as the case requires) in relation
to a year of income (in this sub-section referred to as the 'current year of
income') is a reference to all of the following paragraphs being satisfied:
(a) either of the following sub-paragraphs applying:
(i) an amount not being included under sub-section 92 (1) or under
section 97, 98A or 100, as the case requires, in the assessable income of the
taxpayer of the current year of income in respect of the net income of the
scheme partnership or of the net income of the scheme trust estate, as the
case may be, where that amount would have been so included or might reasonably
be expected to have been so included, in the assessable income of the taxpayer
of the current year of income if the arrangement had not been entered into or
carried out;
(ii) a deduction being allowable under sub-section 92 (2) to the
taxpayer
in relation to the current year of income in respect of the partnership loss
of the scheme partnership where an amount, being the whole or a part of the
deduction, would not have been allowable, or might reasonably be expected not
to have been allowable, to the taxpayer in relation to the current year of
income if the arrangement had not been entered into or carried out;
(b) any one or more of the following sub-paragraphs applying:
(i) another amount, or other amounts, being included, or being
reasonably likely to be included, under sub-section 92 (1) or section 97, 98A
or 100, in the assessable income of the taxpayer of any other year or years of
income (including a year of income ending before the commencement of this
section) in respect of the net income of a partnership or trust estate that is
a family partnership or a family trust, as the case may be, of the taxpayer in
relation to that other year or other years of income where that amount or
those amounts would not have been so included, or might reasonably be expected
not to have been so included, in the assessable income of the taxpayer of that
other year of income or those other years of income if the arrangement had not
been entered into or carried out;
(ii) another amount, or other amounts, being, or being reasonably
likely
to be, assessable under section 98 in any other year or years of income in
respect of a share of the taxpayer of the net income of a trust estate that is
a family trust of the taxpayer in relation to that other year or other years
of income (including a year of income ending before the commencement of this
section) where that amount or those amounts would not have been so assessable,
or might reasonably be expected not to have been so assessable, in that other
year of income or those other years of income if the arrangement had not been
entered into or carried out;
(iii) another amount, or other amounts, not being allowable under
sub-section 92 (2) to the taxpayer as a deduction or deductions in relation to
any other year or years of income (including a year of income ending before
the commencement of this section) in respect of the partnership loss of a
partnership that is a family partnership of the taxpayer in relation to that
other year or other years of income where that amount or those amounts would
have been so allowable or might reasonably be expected to have been so
allowable, to the taxpayer in that other year of income or those other years
of income if the arrangement had not been entered into or carried out;
(c) either of the following sub-paragraphs applying:
(i) provisional tax not being payable by the taxpayer in respect of
the
current year of income where that provisional tax would have been, or might
reasonably be expected to have been, payable by the taxpayer if the
arrangement had not been entered into or carried out;
(ii) the amount of provisional tax payable by the taxpayer in respect
of
the current year of income being less than the amount that would have been, or
might reasonably be expected to have been, payable by the taxpayer if the
arrangement had not been entered into or carried out, and, for the purposes
of sub-section (1), the amount of the provisional tax benefit shall be taken
to be-
(d) in a case to which paragraph (e) does not apply-the amount referred to
in whichever of sub-paragraphs (a) (i) and (ii) is applicable; or
(e) where the scheme partnership or scheme trust estate was a family
partnership, or a family trust, as the case may be, of the taxpayer in
relation to the last preceding year of income-
(i) where sub-paragraph (a) (i) applies in relation to the scheme
partnership or scheme trust estate, the taxable income of the taxpayer of the
last preceding year of income consisted of, or included, family partnership
income in relation to the scheme partnership or family trust income in
relation to the scheme trust estate and, in the case of a scheme partnership,
the taxpayer furnished an estimate of the family partnership income of the
taxpayer in relation to the scheme partnership for the current year of
income-
(A) the amount calculated in accordance with the formula 1.11A - B,
where-
A is the amount of the family partnership income of the taxpayer
in
relation to the scheme partnership, or the amount of the family trust income
of the taxpayer in relation to the scheme trust estate, as the case may be, in
relation to the last preceding year of income; and
B is the amount of the estimate furnished by the taxpayer of the
family partnership income of the taxpayer in relation to the scheme
partnership, or of the family trust income of the taxpayer in relation to the
scheme trust estate, as the case may be, for the current year of income; or
(B) the amount referred to in sub-paragraph (a) (i),
whichever is the greater;
(ii) where sub-paragraph (a) (ii) applies in relation to the scheme
partnership, there was a family partnership loss of the taxpayer in relation
to the scheme partnership for the last preceding year of income and the
taxpayer furnished an estimate of the family partnership loss of the taxpayer
in relation to the scheme partnership for the current year of income-
(A) an amount calculated in accordance with the formula A-1.11B
where-
A is the amount of the estimate furnished by the taxpayer of the
family partnership loss of the taxpayer in relation to the scheme partnership
for the current year of income; and
B is the amount of the family partnership loss of the taxpayer in
relation to the scheme partnership in relation to the last preceding year of
income; or
(B) the amount referred to in sub-paragraph (a) (ii),
whichever is the greater; or
(iii) where sub-paragraph (a) (ii) applies in relation to the scheme
partnership, the taxable income of the taxpayer of the last preceding year of
income consisted of, or included, family partnership income in relation to the
scheme partnership and the taxpayer furnished an estimate of the family
partnership loss of the taxpayer in relation to the scheme partnership for the
current year of income-
(A) the amount calculated in accordance with the formula 1.11A + B,
where-
A is the amount of the family partnership income of the taxpayer
in
relation to the scheme partnership in relation to the last preceding year of
income; and
B is the amount of the estimate furnished by the taxpayer of the
family partnership loss of the taxpayer in relation to the scheme partnership
for the current year of income; or
(B) the amount referred to in sub-paragraph (a) (ii),
whichever is the greater.
"(3) The amount of the estimated taxable income of a taxpayer of a year of
income shall not be increased, by virtue of an application, or applications,
of sub-section (1), to an amount that would, by virtue of sub-section 221YDA
(2) or (4), result in the amount of provisional tax payable by the taxpayer in
respect of the year of income exceeding the amount that would, but for section
221YDA, be the amount of provisional tax payable by the taxpayer in respect of
the year of income.
"(4) For the purposes of this Division, the Commissioner may treat an amount
by which the estimated taxable income of a taxpayer is increased by virtue of
an application, or applications, of sub-section (1) as being attributable to
income of a particular kind to such extent as the Commissioner considers
reasonable.
Provisional tax avoidance schemes relating to trustees liable to be assessed
under section 98
"221YHAAD. (1) Subject to sub-section (3), where-
(a) a taxpayer in the capacity of a trustee of a trust estate who is liable
to be assessed under section 98 in respect of a share of the net income of the
trust estate of a year of income (in this sub-section referred to as the
'current year of income') to which a beneficiary is presently entitled
furnishes a statement under sub-section 221YDA (1) setting out the estimated
taxable income of the taxpayer;
(b) the Commissioner is satisfied that the trust estate is, or might
reasonably be expected to be, a family trust in relation to the beneficiary in
relation to the current year of income; and
(c) the Commissioner serves on the taxpayer a notice in writing stating
that the Commissioner is of the opinion that-
(i) the taxpayer has obtained or, but for this sub-section, would
obtain, a provisional tax benefit, of an amount specified in the notice, in
connection with an arrangement in respect of the trust estate in relation to
the current year of income in relation to the beneficiary, being an
arrangement entered into or carried out before or after the commencement of
this section; and
(ii) having regard to-
(A) the manner in which the arrangement was entered into or carried
out;
(B) the form and substance of the arrangement;
(C) the time at which the arrangement was entered into and the length
of the period during which the arrangement was carried out;
(D) the result in relation to the operation of this Division that,
but
for this sub-section, would be achieved by the arrangement;
(E) any change in the financial position of the taxpayer that has
resulted, will result, or may reasonably be expected to result, from the
arrangement;
(F) any change in the financial position of any person who has, or
has
had, any connection (whether of a business, family or other nature) with the
taxpayer, being a change that has resulted, will result, or may reasonably be
expected to result, from the arrangement;
(G) any other consequence for the taxpayer, or for any person
referred
to in sub-sub-paragraph (F), of the arrangement having been entered into or
carried out; and
(H) the nature of any connection (whether of a business, family or
other nature) between the taxpayer and any person referred to in
sub-sub-paragraph (F),
it would be concluded that the person, or one of the persons, who
entered into or carried out the arrangement or any part of the arrangement did
so for the purpose of enabling the taxpayer to obtain a provisional tax
benefit in connection with the arrangement or of enabling the taxpayer and
another taxpayer or other taxpayers each to obtain a provisional tax benefit
in connection with the arrangement (whether or not that person who entered
into or carried out the arrangement or any part of the arrangement is the
taxpayer or is the other taxpayer or one of the other taxpayers), the
estimated taxable income of the taxpayer of the current year of income shall
be deemed to have been increased by the amount of the provisional tax benefit
specified in the notice.
"(2) A reference in sub-section (1) to the obtaining by a taxpayer of a
provisional tax benefit in connection with an arrangement in respect of a
trust estate (in this sub-section referred to as the 'scheme trust estate') in
relation to a year of income (in this sub-section referred to as the 'current
year of income') in relation to a beneficiary is a reference to all of the
following paragraphs being satisfied:
(a) an amount not being assessable under section 98 to the taxpayer in the
current year of income in respect of a share of the beneficiary of the net
income of the scheme trust estate where that amount would have been so
assessable or might reasonably be expected to have been so assessable to the
taxpayer in the current year of income if the arrangement had not been entered
into or carried out;
(b) either or both of the following sub-paragraphs applying:
(i) another amount, or other amounts, being assessable, or being
reasonably likely to be assessable, to the taxpayer or another taxpayer under
section 98 in any other year or years of income (including a year of income
ending before the commencement of this section) in respect of a share of the
beneficiary of the net income of a trust estate that is a family trust of the
beneficiary in relation to that other year or other years of income where that
amount or those amounts would not have been so assessable, or might reasonably
be expected not to have been so assessable, in that other year of income or
those other years of income if the arrangement had not been entered into or
carried out;
(ii) another amount, or other amounts, being included, or being
reasonably likely to be included, under sub-section 92 (1) or section 97, 98A
or 100, in the assessable income of the beneficiary of any other year or years
of income (including a year of income ending before the commencement of this
section) in respect of the net income of a partnership or trust estate that is
a family partnership or family trust, as the case may be, of the beneficiary
in relation to that other year or other years of income, where that amount or
those amounts would not have been so included, or might reasonably be expected
not to have been so included, in the assessable income of the beneficiary of
that other year of income or those other years of income if the arrangement
had not been entered into or carried out;
(c) either of the following sub-paragraphs applying:
(i) provisional tax not being payable by the taxpayer in respect of
the
current year of income where that provisional tax would have been, or might
reasonably be expected to have been, payable by the taxpayer if the
arrangement had not been entered into or carried out;
(ii) the amount of provisional tax payable by the taxpayer in respect of
the current year of income being less than the amount that would have been, or
might reasonably be expected to have been, payable by the taxpayer if the
arrangement had not been entered into or carried out, and, for the purposes of
sub-section (1), the amount of the provisional tax benefit shall be taken to
be-
(d) in a case to which paragraph (e) does not apply-the amount referred to
in paragraph (a); or
(e) where-
(i) the scheme trust estate was a family trust of the beneficiary in
relation to the last preceding year of income; and
(ii) a taxpayer in the capacity of a trustee of the scheme trust estate
was liable to be assessed under section 98 in respect of the beneficiary's
share of the net income of the scheme trust estate of the last preceding year
of income,
whichever of the following amounts is the greater:
(iii) the amount calculated in accordance with the formula 1.11A - B,
where-
A is the amount that was so assessable in respect of that share; and
B is the amount of the estimated taxable income of the taxpayer for
the current year of income;
(iv) the amount referred to in paragraph (a).
"(3) The amount of the estimated taxable income of a taxpayer of a year of
income shall not be increased, by virtue of an application, or applications,
of sub-section (1), to an amount that would, by virtue of sub-section 221YDA
(2) or (4), result in the amount of provisional tax payable by the taxpayer in
respect of the year of income exceeding the amount that would, but for section
221YDA, be the amount of provisional tax payable by the taxpayer in respect of
the year of income.
"(4) For the purposes of this Division, the Commissioner may treat an amount
by which the estimated taxable income of a taxpayer is increased by virtue of
an application, or applications, of sub-section (1) as being attributable to
income of a particular kind to such extent as the Commissioner considers
reasonable.
"(5) A reference in this section to the estimated taxable income of a
taxpayer who is liable to be assessed under section 98 in respect of a share
of the net income of a trust estate shall be read as a reference to that
share.
Review of decisions
"221YHAAE. (1) A taxpayer dissatisfied with a notice served on the taxpayer
under paragraph 221YHAAC (1) (c) or 221YHAAD (1) (c) may, within 60 days after
service of the notice, lodge with the Commissioner an objection in writing
against the notice stating fully and in detail the grounds on which the
taxpayer relies.
"(2) The provisions of Division 2 of Part V (other than section 185) apply
in relation to an objection made under sub-section (1) in the same manner as
those provisions apply in relation to an objection against an assessment.
"(3) The fact that an appeal or review relating to an objection under
sub-section (1) is pending does not affect the operation of a notice referred
to in that sub-section, and provisional tax and additional tax under section
207 may be recovered as if no such review or appeal were pending.
"(4) Where, by reason of a decision of the Commissioner, of the Tribunal or
of a court in relation to an objection made under sub-section (1), a person's
liability to provisional tax is reduced-
(a) the amount by which the provisional tax is so reduced shall be taken,
for the purposes of section 207, never to have been payable; and
(b) the Commissioner shall-
(i) refund the amount of any provisional tax overpaid; or
(ii) apply the amount of any provisional tax overpaid against any
liability of the person to the Commonwealth, being a liability arising under,
or by virtue of, an Act of which the Commissioner has the general
administration, and refund any part of the amount not so applied.".
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 45
Failure to pay amounts deducted to Commissioner
45. Section 221YHJ of the Principal Act is amended-
(a) by inserting in sub-section (4) "or 221YHZD (3)" after "sub-section
221P (1)" (first and second occurring); and
(b) by inserting in sub-section (4) "or 221YHZD (3), as the case requires,"
after "sub-section 221P (1)" (last occurring).
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 46
46. After section 221YHZ of the Principal Act the following Division is
inserted:
"Division 3B-Collection of Tax in Respect of Certain Natural Resource
Payments
and Royalty Payments
Interpretation
"221YHZA. (1) In this Division-
'government body' means the Commonwealth, a State, a Territory or an
authority of the Commonwealth or a State or Territory;
'natural resource payment' means a payment that is calculated, in whole or
in part, by reference to the value or quantity of natural resources produced,
recovered or produced and recovered, in Australia after 7 April 1986, but does
not include a royalty payment;
'royalty payment' means a payment of, or by way of, royalty, but does not
include a payment of income to which section 136A applies.
"(2) For the purposes of this Division, where money is not actually paid to
a non-resident but is reinvested, accumulated, capitalised or otherwise dealt
with on behalf of the non-resident, or as the non-resident directs, the money
shall be deemed to have been paid to the non-resident.
"(3) For the purposes of this Division, where one or more of the partners in
a partnership is a non-resident, the partnership shall be deemed to be a
non-resident.
Person making natural resource payment, or royalty payment, to non-resident
to
ascertain amount to be deducted in respect of tax
"221YHZB. (1) Subject to sub-section (4), a person who is liable to make a
natural resource payment, or a royalty payment, to a non-resident shall not
make such a payment to the non-resident unless-
(a) the person has given to the Commissioner a statement in writing setting
out the amount of the natural resource payment, or royalty payment, as the
case may be, due to the non-resident; and
(b) the Commissioner has subsequently given to the person a notice in
writing setting out the amount (if any) required to be deducted from the
payment in respect of tax due, or which may become due, by the non-resident.
Penalty: $2,000.
"(2) In a prosecution of a person for an offence against sub-section (1) in
relation to a payment made to a non-resident, it is a defence if the person
proves that, at the time of making the payment, the person-
(a) did not know; and
(b) could not reasonably have been expected to have known, that the payment
was a payment made to a non-resident.
"(3) Where a person (in this sub-section referred to as the 'convicted
person') is convicted before a court of an offence against sub-section (1) in
relation to a payment, the court may, in addition to imposing a penalty on the
convicted person for the offence, order the convicted person to pay to the
Commissioner an amount not exceeding the amount that, in the opinion of the
court, might reasonably have been expected to be required to be deducted from
that payment.
"(4) The Commissioner may issue to a person a certificate exempting the
person from compliance with sub-section (1) in respect of a specified payment,
or payments included in a specified class of payments, to a non-resident.
"(5) A certificate issued to a person under sub-section (4) exempting the
person from compliance with sub-section (1) in respect of a specified payment,
or payments included in a specified class of payments, to a non-resident is
subject to the following conditions:
(a) a condition that the person shall, before making such a payment, deduct
from the payment an amount (if any) ascertained in accordance with the
certificate, in respect of tax due, or which may become due, by the
non-resident;
(b) such other conditions (if any) as are specified in the certificate, but
a person is not guilty of an offence against sub-section (1) by reason of a
contravention of such a condition.
"(6) The Commissioner may, by notice in writing served on the holder of a
certificate issued under sub-section (4)-
(a) revoke the certificate;
(b) impose one or more further conditions to which the certificate is
subject;
(c) vary the condition referred to in paragraph (5) (a); or
(d) vary or revoke a condition referred to in paragraph (5) (b).
"(7) Without limiting the generality of sub-section (6), where the holder of
a certificate issued under sub-section (4) contravenes a condition of the
certificate, the Commissioner may revoke the certificate under sub-section
(6).
"(8) A contravention of sub-section (1) does not constitute an offence
against section 8C of the Taxation Administration Act 1953.
Duty of payer to deduct amount in respect of tax
"221YHZC. (1) Where a person who is liable to make a natural resource
payment, or a royalty payment, to a non-resident-
(a) ascertains under sub-section 221YHZB (1) the amount required to be
deducted from a payment to the non-resident; or
(b) is required, as a condition of a certificate issued to the person under
sub-section 221YHZB (4), to deduct an amount from a payment to the
non-resident, the person shall, at the time of making the payment, deduct from
the payment the amount required to be deducted.
Penalty: $1,000.
"(2) Where a person (in this sub-section referred to as the 'convicted
person') is convicted before a court of an offence against sub-section (1) in
relation to the refusal or failure of the convicted person or any other person
to deduct an amount from a payment, the court may, in addition to imposing a
penalty on the convicted person for the offence, order the convicted person to
pay to the Commissioner an amount not exceeding the amount required to be
deducted.
"(3) Where a person other than a government body refuses or fails, at the
time of making a payment to a non-resident, to deduct from the payment the
amount required to be deducted under sub-section (1), the person is liable to
pay to the Commissioner, by way of penalty-
(a) an amount (in this sub-section referred to as the 'undeducted amount')
equal to the amount that the person refused or failed to deduct; and
(b) an amount equal to 20% per annum of so much of the undeducted amount as
remains unpaid, computed from the end of the period within which the person,
had the person deducted the amount required to be deducted under sub-section
(1), would have been required to pay the amount deducted to the Commissioner.
"(4) Where a person, being a government body other than the Commonwealth,
refuses or fails, at the time of making a payment to a non-resident, to deduct
from the payment the amount required to be deducted under sub-section (1), the
person is liable to pay to the Commissioner, by way of penalty, an amount
equal to 20% per annum of the amount that the person refused or failed to
deduct in respect of the period commencing at the end of the period within
which the person, had it deducted the amount required to be deducted under
sub-section (1), would have been required to pay the amount deducted to the
Commissioner and ending on the day on which the whole of the amount payable by
the person under this sub-section in respect of the first-mentioned amount is
paid.
Duty of payer to pay deducted amount to Commissioner
"221YHZD. (1) A person who deducts, or purports to deduct, under sub-section
221YHZC (1), an amount from a payment to a non-resident, shall-
(a) pay the amount to the Commissioner; and
(b) notify the Commissioner in writing of the date on which the amount was
so deducted, within 14 days after the end of the month in which the person
makes the payment to the non-resident.
Penalty: $5,000 or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.
"(2) Where an amount (in this sub-section referred to as the 'principal
amount') payable to the Commissioner by a person other than the Commonwealth
by virtue of sub-section (1) remains unpaid after the end of the period within
which it is required to be paid-
(a) the principal amount continues to be payable by the person to the
Commissioner; and
(b) the person is liable to pay to the Commissioner, by way of penalty-
(i) in a case where the person is a government body-an amount at the
rate of 20% per annum on so much of the principal amount as remains unpaid,
computed from the end of that period; and
(ii) in any other case-
(A) an amount (in this sub-paragraph referred to as the 'relevant
penalty amount') equal to 20% of the principal amount; and
(B) an amount at the rate of 20% per annum of the sum of so much of
the
principal amount as remains unpaid and so much of the relevant penalty amount
as remains unpaid, computed from the end of that period.
"(3) Where-
(a) an amount deducted from a payment is payable to the Commissioner under
sub-section (1) by a person; and
(b) the property of that person has become vested in, or the control of the
property of that person has passed to, a trustee, the trustee is liable to pay
the amount to the Commissioner.
"(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law of the
Commonwealth, or in any law of a State or of the Northern Territory-
(a) an amount payable to the Commissioner by a trustee under sub-section
(3) has priority over all other debts (other than amounts payable under
sub-section 221P (1) or 221YHJ (3)), whether preferential, secured or
unsecured; and
(b) where an amount is payable by a trustee to the Commissioner under
sub-section 221P (1) or 221YHJ (3), an amount payable by the trustee under
sub-section (3) of this section ranks equally with the amount payable under
sub-section 221P (1) or 221YHJ (3), as the case requires, in priority to all
other debts, whether preferential, secured or unsecured.
"(5) Where a trustee, being a trustee of an estate of a bankrupt or the
liquidator of a company that is being wound up, is liable to pay an amount to
the Commissioner under this section, sub-section (4) does not have the effect
that the amount is payable in priority to any costs, charges or expenses of
the administration of the estate or of the winding up of the company
(including costs of a creditor or other person upon whose petition the
sequestration order or the winding up order (if any) was made and remuneration
of the trustee) that are lawfully payable out of the assets of the estate or
of the company except where, in the case of the winding up of a company, the
Crown in right of a State or of the Northern Territory or any other creditor
is entitled to the payment of a debt by the liquidator, in priority to all or
any of those costs, charges and expenses and has not waived that priority.
Remission of certain amounts
"221YHZE. (1) Where an amount (in this section referred to as the 'late
payment penalty') is payable by a person under paragraph 221YHZC (3) (b),
sub-paragraph 221YHZD (2) (b) (i) or sub-sub-paragraph 221YHZD (2) (b) (ii)
(B), in relation to another amount that has not been paid (in this
section referred to as the 'principal amount') and-
(a) the Commissioner is satisfied that-
(i) the circumstances that contributed to the delay in payment of the
principal amount were not due to, or caused directly or indirectly by, an act
or omission of the person; and
(ii) the person has taken reasonable action to mitigate, or mitigate
the
effects of, those circumstances;
(b) the Commissioner is satisfied that-
(i) the circumstances that contributed to the delay in payment of the
principal amount were due to, or caused directly or indirectly by, an act or
omission of the person;
(ii) the person has taken reasonable action to mitigate, or mitigate
the
effects of, those circumstances; and
(iii) having regard to the nature of those circumstances, it would be
fair and reasonable to remit the late payment penalty or part of the late
payment penalty; or
(c) the Commissioner is satisfied that there are special circumstances by
reason of which it would be fair and reasonable to remit the late payment
penalty or part of the late payment penalty, the Commissioner may remit the
late payment penalty or part of the late payment penalty.
"(2) The Commissioner may, in any case, for reasons that the Commissioner
thinks sufficient, remit the whole or any part of any amount payable by a
person under paragraph 221YHZC (3) (a), sub-section 221YHZC (4) or
sub-sub-paragraph 221YHZD (2) (b) (ii) (A).
"(3) Where the Commissioner makes a decision to remit part only of an amount
payable as mentioned in sub-section (2), or not to remit any part of such an
amount, the Commissioner shall give notice in writing of the decision to the
person by whom the amount is, or but for the remission would be, payable.
Reduction of late payment penalty where judgment debt carries interest
"221YHZF. (1) Where judgment is given by, or entered in, a court for the
payment of-
(a) the whole or a part of a principal amount; or
(b) an amount that includes the whole or a part of a principal amount,
then-
(c) the principal amount or the part of the principal amount, as the case
may be, shall not be taken, for the purposes of paragraph 221YHZC (3) (b),
sub-paragraph 221YHZD (2) (b) (i) or sub-sub-paragraph 221YHZD (2) (b)(ii)
(B), as the case requires, to have ceased to be due and payable by reason
only of the giving or entering of the judgment; and
(d) if the judgment debt carries interest, the amount that would, but for
this paragraph, be payable by virtue of paragraph 221YHZC (3) (b),
sub-paragraph 221YHZD (2) (b) (i) or sub-sub-paragraph 221YHZD (2) (b) (ii)
(B), as the case may be, in relation to the principal amount or the part
of the principal amount, as the case may be, shall, by force of this paragraph,
be reduced by-
(i) in a case to which paragraph (a) applies-the amount of the
interest;
or
(ii) in a case to which paragraph (b) applies-an amount
calculated in accordance with the formula AB, where-
---
C
A is the amount of the interest;
B is the principal amount or the part of the principal amount, as
the
case may be; and
C is the amount of the judgment debt.
"(2) In sub-section (1), 'principal amount' means-
(a) an amount of the kind referred to in sub-section 221YHZC (3) as the
undeducted amount;
(b) an amount of the kind referred to in sub-section 221YHZD (2) as the
principal amount; or
(c) an amount of the kind referred to in sub-paragraph 221YHZD (2) (b) (ii)
as the relevant penalty amount.
Penalties to be alternative to prosecution for certain offences
"221YHZG. (1) Where-
(a) but for this sub-section, an amount is payable, by way of penalty, by a
person to the Commissioner under this Division by reason of an act or omission
of the person; and
(b) a prosecution is instituted against the person for an offence against
this Division constituted by the act or omission, the amount is not payable
unless and until the prosecution is withdrawn.
"(2) Where-
(a) a person is liable to pay, by way of penalty, an amount (in this
sub-section referred to as the 'penalty amount') to the Commissioner under
this Division by reason of an act or omission of the person;
(b) an amount (in this sub-section referred to as the 'applied amount') is
paid, or applied by the Commissioner, in total or partial discharge of the
liability; and
(c) a prosecution is instituted against the person for an offence against
this Division constituted by the act or omission, the applied amount shall be
refunded to the person or applied by the Commissioner in total or partial
discharge of a tax liability of the person, but, if the prosecution is
withdrawn, the person shall again become liable to pay the penalty amount.
"(3) In sub-section (2), 'tax liability' means tax liability as defined in
section 2 of the Taxation Administration Act 1953.
Persons discharged from liability in respect of deducted amounts
"221YHZH. Where a person has deducted an amount from a payment and that
deduction was made, or purports to have been made, for the purposes of
sub-section 221YHZC (1), the person is discharged from all liability to pay or
to account for the deducted amount to a person other than the Commissioner.
Recovery of amounts by Commissioner
"221YHZJ. (1) An amount payable to the Commissioner under this Division by a
person other than the Commonwealth is a debt due to the Commonwealth and
payable to the Commissioner and-
(a) that amount may be sued for and recovered in a court of competent
jurisdiction by the Commissioner or a Deputy Commissioner suing in his or her
official name; or
(b) a court before which proceedings are taken against that person for an
offence against a provision of this Division may order that person to pay that
amount to the Commissioner.
"(2) The provisions of section 8ZL of the Taxation Administration Act 1953
apply in proceedings for the recovery of an amount payable to the Commissioner
under this Division in the same manner as those provisions apply in relation
to a prosecution for a prescribed taxation offence within the meaning of Part
III of that Act.
"(3) Where-
(a) 2 or more amounts payable to the Commissioner by a person would, but
for this sub-section, be debts due to the Commonwealth under sub-section (1);
(b) an amount (in this sub-section referred to as the 'debt payment') is
paid to the Commissioner in respect of one or more of those amounts; and
(c) the sum of the amounts payable exceeds the debt payment, the
Commissioner may, notwithstanding any direction to the contrary by or on
behalf of the person by whom the amounts are payable or the person making the
debt payment, apply the debt payment in partial discharge of the sum of the
amounts payable and recover as a debt due to the Commonwealth the amount by
which the sum of the amounts payable exceeds the debt payment.
Credits in respect of deducted amounts
"221YHZK. (1) Where-
(a) the Commissioner is satisfied that an amount or amounts (in this
sub-section referred to as the 'deducted amounts') were deducted, or were
purportedly deducted, during a year of income, under sub-section 221YHZC (1),
from a payment or payments to a person, not being a partnership or the trustee
of a trust estate; and
(b) an assessment has been made of the tax payable, or the Commissioner is
satisfied that no tax is payable, by the person in relation to the year of
income, the person is entitled to a credit of an amount equal to the deducted
amounts.
"(2) Where-
(a) the Commissioner is satisfied that an amount or amounts (in this
sub-section referred to as the 'deducted amounts') were deducted, or were
purportedly deducted, during a year of income, under sub-section 221YHZC (1),
from a payment or payments to a person, being a partnership (in this
sub-section referred to as the 'partnership payments'); and
(b) an assessment has been made of the tax payable, or the Commissioner is
satisfied that no tax is payable, in relation to the year of income by a
partner in the partnership whose individual interest in the net income or
partnership loss of the partnership is wholly or partly attributable to the
partnership payments, the partner is entitled to a credit of an amount equal
to so much of the deducted amounts as the Commissioner is satisfied is
attributable to that individual interest.
"(3) Where the Commissioner is satisfied that an amount or amounts (in this
sub-section referred to as the 'deducted amounts') were deducted, or were
purportedly deducted, during a year of income, under sub-section 221YHZC (1),
from a payment or payments to a person, being a trustee of a trust estate (in
this sub-section referred to as the 'trust payments'), the following
provisions have effect:
(a) where-
(i) a share of the net income of the trust estate is included in the
assessable income of a beneficiary of the trust estate under section 97, being
a share that is wholly or partly attributable to the trust payments; and
(ii) an assessment has been made of the tax payable, or the
Commissioner
is satisfied that no tax is payable, by the beneficiary in relation to the
year of income,
the beneficiary is entitled to a credit of an amount equal to so
much of the deducted amounts as the Commissioner is satisfied is attributable
to that share of the net income of the trust estate;
(b) where-
(i) the trustee is liable to be assessed under section 98 in respect of
a share of the net income of the trust estate to which a beneficiary is
presently entitled, being a share that is wholly or partly attributable to the
trust payments; and
(ii) an assessment has been made of the tax payable, or the
Commissioner
is satisfied that no tax is payable, by the trustee in respect of that share,
the trustee is entitled to a credit of an amount equal to so much of the
deducted amounts as the Commissioner is satisfied is attributable to that
share of the net income of the trust estate;
(c) where-
(i) the trustee is liable to be assessed under section 99 or 99A in
respect of the net income, or a part of the net income, of the trust estate
and that net income or part is wholly or partly attributable to the trust
payments; and
(ii) an assessment has been made of the tax payable, or the
Commissioner
is satisfied that no tax is payable, by the trustee under those sections in
respect of that net income or part,
the trustee is entitled to a credit of an amount equal to so much of the
deducted amounts as the Commissioner is satisfied is attributable to the net
income or the part of the net income of the trust estate;
(d) where there is no net income of the trust estate of the year of income,
the trustee is entitled to a credit of an amount equal to the deducted
amounts.
Application of credits
"221YHZL. (1) Subject to this section, the amount of a credit to which a
person is entitled by virtue of this Division is a debt due and payable to
that person by the Commissioner on behalf of the Commonwealth.
"(2) Where, in a case to which none of sub-sections (3), (4) and (5)
applies, a person is entitled to a credit under section 221YHZK, the
Commissioner shall-
(a) if the amount of the credit does not exceed the tax payable by the
person under an assessment in relation to the year of income in which the
deductions to which the credit relates were made-apply the amount of the
credit in payment or part payment of that tax; and
(b) if the amount of the credit exceeds the tax payable-apply-
(i) so much of the amount of the credit as does not exceed the tax in
payment of the tax; and
(ii) so much of the excess as does not exceed the amount of any other
tax
payable by the person in payment or part payment of that other tax.
"(3) Where the trustee of a trust estate is entitled to a credit under
paragraph 221YHZK (3) (b) in relation to a share of a beneficiary of the net
income of the trust estate of a year of income, the Commissioner shall-
(a) if the amount of the credit does not exceed the tax payable in respect
of that share-apply the amount of the credit in payment or part payment of
that tax; and
(b) if the amount of the credit exceeds the tax payable in respect of that
share-apply-
(i) so much of the amount of the credit as does not exceed the tax
payable in respect of that share in payment of the tax; and
(ii) so much of the excess as does not exceed the amount of any tax
payable by the trustee under section 98 in respect of a share of the
beneficiary of the net income of the trust estate of any other year of income
in payment or part payment of that other tax.
"(4) Where the trustee of a trust estate is entitled to a credit under
paragraph 221YHZK (3) (c) in relation to the net income or a part of the net
income of the trust estate, the Commissioner shall-
(a) if the amount of the credit does not exceed the tax payable under
section 99 or 99A in respect of that net income or part-apply the amount of
the credit in payment or part payment of that tax; and
(b) if the amount of the credit exceeds the tax payable under section 99 or
99A in respect of that net income or part-apply-
(i) so much of the amount of the credit as does not exceed that tax in
payment of that tax; and
(ii) so much of the excess as does not exceed the amount of any tax
payable by the trustee under section 99 or 99A in respect of the net income or
a part of the net income of the trust estate of any other year of income in
payment or part payment of that other tax.
"(5) Where the trustee of a trust estate is entitled to a credit under
paragraph 221YHZK (3) (d) in relation to amounts deducted during a year of
income out of payments made to the trustee, the Commissioner shall-
(a) if the amount of the credit does not exceed the amount of any tax
payable by the trustee under section 99 or 99A in respect of the net income or
a part of the net income of the trust estate of any other year of income-apply
the amount of the credit in payment or part payment of that tax; and
(b) if the amount of the credit exeeds the amount of any tax payable by the
trustee under section 99 or 99A in respect of the net income or a part of the
net income of the trust estate of any other year of income-apply so much of
the amount of the credit as does not exceed that tax in payment of that tax.
"(6) Where, under sub-section (2), (3), (4) or (5), the Commissioner has
applied an amount of a credit in payment of an amount of tax payable by a
person, the person shall be deemed to have paid the amount so applied in
payment of the tax and at the time at which it was so applied or at such
earlier time as the Commissioner determines.
"(7) Where the amount, or the sum of the amounts, applied or paid by the
Commissioner as a credit to which a person is entitled under this Division
exceeds the amount of the credit to which the person is so entitled, the
Commissioner may recover the amount of the excess as if it were income tax due
and payable by that person.
"(8) In this section-
(a) a reference to tax payable by a person other than a trustee is a
reference to an amount payable by the person to the Commonwealth under, or by
virtue of, this Act;
(b) a reference to tax payable by the trustee of a trust estate in respect
of a share of a beneficiary of the net income of the trust estate of a year of
income is a reference to any amount payable by the trustee to the Commonwealth
under, or by virtue of, this Act in relation to the beneficiary in relation to
the year of income; and
(c) a reference to tax payable by the trustee of a trust estate under
section 99 or 99A in respect of the net income or a part of the net income of
the trust estate of a year of income is a reference to any amount payable by
the trustee to the Commonwealth under, or by virtue of, this Act in relation
to the trust estate in relation to the year of income, not being an amount
payable by the trustee in relation to a particular beneficiary.
Review of decisions
"221YHZM. (1) Where a person who has been notified of a decision of the
Commissioner made under sub-section 221YHZE (2) (other than in relation to an
amount payable under sub-section 221YHZC (4)) is dissatisfied with the
decision, the person may, within 60 days after service on the person of notice
of the decision of the Commissioner, lodge with the Commissioner an objection
in writing against the decision stating fully and in detail the grounds on
which the person relies.
"(2) The provisions of Division 2 of Part V (other than section 185) apply
in relation to an objection made under sub-section (1) in the same manner as
those provisions apply in relation to an objection against an assessment.
Application of Division to partnerships
"221YHZN. (1) Subject to this section, this Division applies to a
partnership as if the partnership were a person.
"(2) Where, but for this sub-section, an obligation would be imposed on a
partnership by virtue of the operation of sub-section (1), the obligation is
imposed on each partner, but may be discharged by any of the partners.
"(3) Where, by virtue of the operation of sub-section (1), an amount is
payable under this Division by a partnership, the partners are jointly and
severally liable to pay that amount.
"(4) Where, by virtue of the operation of sub-section (1), an offence
against this Division is deemed to have been committed by a partnership, that
offence shall be deemed to have been committed by each of the partners.
"(5) In a prosecution of a person for an offence by virtue of this section,
it is a defence if the person proves that the person-
(a) did not aid, abet, counsel or procure the act or omission by virtue of
which the offence is deemed to have been committed; and
(b) was not in any way, by act or omission, directly or indirectly,
knowingly concerned in, or party to, the act or omission by virtue of which
the offence is deemed to have been committed.
"(6) A reference in this section to this Division includes a reference to
Part III of the Taxation Administration Act 1953 to the extent to which that
Part of that Act relates to this Division.".
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 47
Person in receipt or control of money from non-resident
47. Section 255 of the Principal Act is amended-
(a) by inserting in sub-section (2) ", subject to sub-section (2A)," before
"all money"; and
(b) by inserting after sub-section (2) the following sub-section:
"(2A) For the purposes of this section, money due by a person to a
non-resident by way of a natural resource payment, or a royalty payment,
within the meaning of Division 3B of Part VI, shall be deemed not to be money
which comes to the person on behalf of the non-resident.".
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 48
Repeal of section 256
48. Section 256 of the Principal Act is repealed.
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 49
Application
49. (1) In this section, "amended Act" means the Principal Act as amended by
this Act.
(2) The amendment made by paragraph 26 (a) applies in relation to income
received in respect of a period commencing on or after 1 January 1986.
(3) Notwithstanding the amendments of the Principal Act made by paragraphs
26 (b) and (c) and sections 28 and 40, the Principal Act continues to apply,
after the commencement of this sub-section, in relation to-
(a) benefits received as a grant of Tertiary Education Assistance under the
Student Assistance Act 1973; and
(b) payments received under the scheme known as the Adult Secondary
Education Assistance Scheme, before or after the commencement of this
sub-section, as if those amendments had not been made.
(4) The amendment made by paragraph 27 (a) applies in relation to an
instalment or payment of a pension or benefit, being an instalment or payment
falling due on or after 21 March 1985.
(5) The amendment made by paragraph 29 (a) applies in relation to an
eligible 26AH amount, as defined in sub-section 160AAB (1) of the Principal
Act, received, within the meaning of section 26AH of the Principal Act, on or
after 1 January 1986.
(6) The amendment made by paragraph 29 (b) applies to assessments in respect
of income of the year of income in which 18 September 1984 occurred and of all
subsequent years of income.
(7) In the application of sub-section 160AAA (2) of the amended Act in
relation to the year of income that commenced on 1 July 1986, where-
(a) the assessable income of a taxpayer of that year of income would, but
for this sub-section, include an amount paid by way of a benefit received as a
grant of Education Assistance under Part III of the Student Assistance Act
1973 that is granted in respect of the undertaking of a course of study or
instruction that is determined to be a secondary course for the purposes of
section 10 of that Act or in respect of the undertaking of a part of a course
of study or instruction that is determined to be part of a secondary course
for the purposes of that section; and
(b) if the scheme known as the Adult Secondary Education Assistance Scheme
had been in operation throughout that year of income, the taxpayer would not
have been eligible to receive a payment under that scheme in respect of the
undertaking of that course of study or instruction or in respect of the
undertaking of that part of that course of study or instruction, as the case
may be, the assessable income of the taxpayer of that year of income shall not
be taken to have included the amount referred to in paragraph (a) of this
sub-section.
(8) The amendments made by sections 30 to 38 (inclusive) apply to
assessments in respect of income of the year of income in which 20 September
1985 occurred and of all subsequent years of income.
(9) Subject to sub-section (10), the amendments made by sections 43 and 44
apply in relation to the ascertainment of provisional tax in respect of the
year of income that commenced on 1 July 1986 and all subsequent years of
income.
(10) Section 221YHAAB of the amended Act does not apply in relation to
statements furnished under sub-section 221YDA (1) of the amended Act before
the commencement of this sub-section.
(11) Section 221YHZB and sub-section 255 (2A) of the amended Act apply in
relation to a payment made to a non-resident after the date of commencement of
this sub-section.
PART IX - AMENDMENT OF THE PAY-ROLL TAX ASSESSMENT ACT 1941
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 51
Principal Act
51. The Pay-roll Tax Assessment Act 1941*7* is in this Part referred to as
the Principal Act.
*7* No. 2, 1941, as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 48, 1942; Nos. 1
and 40, 1953; No. 37, 1954; No. 68, 1957; No. 28, 1961; No. 41, 1962; No. 33,
1963; Nos. 114 and 148, 1965; Nos. 54 and 93, 1966; Nos. 20 and 88, 1967; No.
61, 1968; Nos. 19, 163 and 216, 1973; No. 91, 1976; No. 36, 1978; No. 63,
1979; and No. 48, 1986.
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 52
Provision for payment of tax by executors and administrators
52. Section 33 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section
(6) "and" (third occurring).
PART X - AMENDMENTS OF THE TAXATION ADMINISTRATION ACT 1953
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 53
Principal Act
53. The Taxation Administration Act 1953*8* is in this Part referred to as
the Principal Act.
*8* No. 1, 1953, as amended. For previous amendments, see Nos. 28, 39, 40 and
52, 1953; No. 18, 1955; No. 39, 1957; No. 95, 1959; No. 17, 1960; No. 75,
1964; No. 155, 1965; No. 93, 1966; No. 120, 1968; No. 216, 1973; 133, 1974;
Nos. 19 and 59, 1979; Nos. 39 and 117, 1983; No. 123, 1984; No. 65, 1985 (as
amended by No. 193, 1985); Nos. 4, 47, 104, 123 and 168, 1985; and Nos. 41,
46, 48 and 49, 1986.
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 54
Commissioner and Second Commissioners of Taxation
54. Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting "2" and
substituting "3".
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 55
55. (1) After Part IVA of the Principal Act the following Part is inserted:
"PART IVAB-REQUESTS FOR REFERENCE
Interpretation
"14ZAB. In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears-
'objection decision' means a decision of the Commissioner under a relevant
enactment-
(a) on an objection as defined by section 3 of the Taxation (Interest
on
Overpayments) Act 1983;
(b) on an objection under sub-section 40 (2) or (4) of the Sales Tax
Assessment Act (No. 1) 1930 or either of those sub-sections as applied for the
purposes of any other Act providing for the assessment of sales tax;
(c) on an objection under the Pay-roll Tax Assessment Act 1941; or
(d) on an objection under section 14G of this Act,
being a decision that a person may request the Commissioner to refer to
the
Tribunal or a court;
'relevant enactment' means-
(a) an Act referred to in the definition of 'objection' in section 3 of
the Taxation (Interest on Overpayments) Act 1983;
(b) the Pay-roll Tax Assessment Act 1941; or
(c) this Act;
'required fee', in relation to a request to refer an objection decision to
the Tribunal or a court, means $200 or, if another amount is, at the time when
the request is lodged with, or sent to, the Commissioner, payable under the
regulations made under the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 as the fee
in respect of an application made to the Tribunal under sub-section 188A (3)
of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936, that other amount.
Requests for reference to be accompanied by required fee
"14ZAC. (1) Where a person who is dissatisfied with an objection decision
lodges with, or sends to, the Commissioner (whether or not within 60 days
after service on the person of notice of the decision) a request to refer the
decision to the Tribunal or a court under a relevant enactment, the request
shall be accompanied by the required fee.
"(2) If the request is not accompanied by the required fee, then,
notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in the relevant
enactment, the request shall be taken not to have been lodged with, or sent
to, the Commissioner.
Requests for reference may be withdrawn
"14ZAD. Where a person has lodged with, or sent to, the Commissioner a
request to refer an objection decision to the Tribunal or a court under a
relevant enactment, the person may, at any time before the Commissioner has
complied with the request, withdraw the request by notice in writing signed by
the person and lodged with the Commissioner.
Refunds of required fee
"14ZAE. Where-
(a) a person has lodged with, or sends to, the Commissioner a request to
refer an objection decision to the Tribunal or a court under a relevant
enactment; and
(b) the request was accompanied by the required fee, the Commissioner shall
refund the fee to the person if-
(c) the request is withdrawn under section 14ZAD;
(d) the decision is varied by the Commissioner in a manner favourable to
the person; or
(e) proceedings in relation to the decision terminate in a manner
favourable to the person.".
(2) Section 14ZAC of the Principal Act as amended by sub-section (1) applies
to-
(a) a request by a person to refer an objection decision to the Tribunal,
being an objection decision that was served on the person on or after the day
on which this section comes into operation; or
(b) a request by a person to refer an objection decision to a court, being
an objection decision that was served on the person on or after the day fixed
by Proclamation for the purposes of this paragraph, which may be the day
referred to in paragraph (a).
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 56
Interpretation
56. Section 14ZB of the Principal Act is amended-
(a) by omitting "or" (last occurring) from paragraph (b) of the definition
of "objection decision";
(b) by inserting after paragraph (c) of the definition of "objection
decision" the following word and paragraph:
"; or (d) on an objection under section 14G of this Act,"; and
(c) by omitting the definition of "relevant enactment" and substituting the
following definition:
" 'relevant enactment' means-
(a) an Act referred to in the definition of 'objection' in section 3
of the Taxation (Interest on Overpayments) Act 1983;
(b) the Pay-roll Tax Assessment Act 1941; or
(c) this Act.".
PART XI - AMENDMENT OF THE TAXATION (INTEREST ON OVERPAYMENTS) ACT 1983
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 57
Principal Act
57. The Taxation (Interest on Overpayments) Act 1983*9* is in this Part
referred to as the Principal Act.
*9* No. 12, 1983, as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 123, 1984; Nos.
4, 47, 49 and 123, 1985; and Nos. 41, 46 and 48, 1986.
TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1986 No. 154 of 1986
- SECT 58
Interpretation
58. Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended-
(a) by omitting from paragraph (b) of the definition of "objection" in
sub-section (1) "or 221YHT (2)" and substituting ", 221YHAAE (1), 221YHT (2)
or 221YHZM (1)"; and
(b) by inserting after paragraph (bb) of the definition of "relevant tax"
in sub-section (1) the following paragraph:
"(bc) an amount payable to the Commissioner under
paragraph 221YHZC (3) (a) or sub-sub-paragraph 221YHZD (2) (b) (ii) (A) of the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936;".
Notes to the Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 4) 1986
Note 1
The Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 4) 1986 as shown in this compilation comprises
Act No. 154, 1986 amended as indicated in the Tables below.
Table of Acts
Act | Number | Date | Date of commencement | Application, saving or transitional provisions |
Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 4) 1986 | 154, 1986 | 18 Dec 1986 | See s. 2 |
|
Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures No. 2) Act 2010 | 75, 2010 | 28 June 2010 | Schedule 6 (item 69): 29 June 2010 | — |
Table of Amendments
ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted | |
Provision affected | How affected |
S. 50................... | rep. No. 75, 2010 |