INCOME TAX.
No. 39 of 1938.
An Act to impose a Tax upon Incomes.
[Assented to 3rd October, 1938.]
BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent
Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Australia, as follows:—
Short title.
1.This
Act may be cited as the Income Tax Act 1938.
Commencement.
2.This
Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
Incorporation.
3.The
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936–1937
shall be incorporated and read as one with this Act.
Imposition of income tax.
4.Income
tax is imposed at the rates declared in this Act.
Rates of income tax.
5.—(1.) The rate of income tax in respect of a
taxable income derived from personal exertion shall be as set out in the First
Schedule to this Act.
(2.) The rate of income tax in respect of a taxable
income derived from property shall be as set out in the Second Schedule to this
Act.
(3.) The rates of income tax in respect of a
taxable income derived partly from personal exertion and partly from property
shall be as set out in the Third Schedule to this Act.
(4.) The rate or rates of income tax in respect of
a taxable income to which Division 16 of Part III. of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936–1937 applies shall be as set out in
the Fourth Schedule to this Act.
(5.) The rate or rates of income tax in respect of
a taxable income in any case where sub-section (1.) of section eighty-six of
the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936–1937
applies shall be as set out in the Fifth Schedule to this Act.
(6.) Notwithstanding anything contained in the last
five preceding sub-sections, where the amount of income tax which a person
would, apart from this sub-section, be liable to pay is less than Ten
shillings, the income tax payable by that person shall be Ten shillings.
(7.) The rate or rates of income tax payable by a
trustee shall be as set out in the Sixth Schedule to this Act.
(8.) Subject to sub-section (7.) of this section,
the rates of income tax payable by a company shall be as set out in the Seventh
Schedule to this Act.
Levy of income tax.
6.—(1.) Income tax shall be levied and paid for the
financial year beginning on the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred
and thirty-eight.
(2.) This Act shall also apply to all assessments
for financial years subsequent to that beginning on the first day of July, One
thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight made prior to the commencement of the
Act for the levying and payment of income tax for the financial year beginning
on the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine.
THE
SCHEDULES.
FIRST SCHEDULE. s.
5 (1.).
Rate of Tax in Respect of Taxable Income Derived from
Personal Exertion.
For the purposes of
this Schedule—T = taxable income in pounds.
If
the taxable income does not exceed £6,900, the rate of tax for every pound of
taxable income shall be....................................................................
|
If
the taxable income exceeds £6,900, the rate of tax for every pound of taxable
income up to and including £6,900 shall be...................................
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and the
rate of tax for every pound of taxable income in excess of £6,900 shall be ..............................
| 79·1775 pence.
|
SECOND SCHEDULE. s.
5 (2.).
Rate of Tax in Respect of Taxable Income Derived from
Property.
For the purposes of this
Schedule —T = taxable income in pounds.
If
the taxable income does not exceed £500, the rate of tax for every pound of
taxable income shall be
|
If
the taxable income exceeds £500 but does not exceed £1,500, the rate of tax
for every pound of taxable income shall be.....................................
|
If
the taxable income exceeds £1,500 but does not exceed £3,700, the rate of tax
for every pound of taxable income shall be.....................................
|
If
the taxable income exceeds £3,700, the rate of tax for every pound of taxable
income up to and including £3,700 shall be...................................
|
and the
rate of tax for every pound of taxable income in excess of £3,700 shall be...............................
| 93·15 pence.
|
The Schedules—continued.
THIRD SCHEDULE. s.
5 (3.).
Rates of Tax in Respect
of Taxable Income Derived Partly from Personal Exertion and Partly from
Property.
(a) For every pound of taxable income
derived from personal exertion, the rate of tax shall be ascertained by
dividing the total amount of the tax that would be payable under the First
Schedule if the total taxable income of the taxpayer were derived exclusively
from personal exertion, by the amount of the total taxable income.
(b) For every pound of taxable income
derived from property, the rate of tax shall be ascertained by dividing the
total amount of the tax that would be payable under the Second Schedule if the
total taxable income of the taxpayer were derived exclusively from property, by
the amount of the total taxable income.
FOURTH SCHEDULE. s.
5 (4.).
Rates of Tax by reference to an Average Income.
(a) For every pound of the taxable income
derived from personal exertion by a taxpayer to whose income Division 16 of
Part III. of the Income Tax Assessment
Act 1936-1937 is applied, the rate of tax shall be ascertained by dividing
the tax that would be payable under the First Schedule upon a taxable income
from personal exertion equal to his average income, by that average income.
(b) For every pound of taxable income
derived by him from property, the rate of tax shall be ascertained by dividing
the tax that would be payable under the Second Schedule upon a taxable income
from property equal to his average income, by that average income.
FIFTH SCHEDULE. s.
5 (5.).
Rate of Tax by reference to a Notional Income.
(a) For every pound of the actual taxable
income from personal exertion of a taxpayer deriving a notional income, as
specified by sub-section (1.) of section eighty-six of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936-1937, the rate of tax shall be the
amount obtained by dividing the tax that would be payable under the First
Schedule upon a taxable income from personal exertion equal to his notional
income, by that notional income.
(b) For every pound of the actual taxable
income from property of a taxpayer deriving a notional income, as specified by
sub-section (1.) of section eighty-six of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936-1937, the rate of tax shall be the
amount obtained by dividing the tax that would be payable under the Second
Schedule upon a taxable income from property equal to his notional income, by
that notional income.
SIXTH SCHEDULE. s.
5 (7.).
Rates of Tax Payable by a Trustee.
For
every pound of the taxable income in respect of which a trustee is liable,
pursuant to either section ninety-eight or section ninety-nine of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936-1937, to
be assessed and to pay tax, the rate of tax shall be the rate which would be
payable under the First, Second, Third, Fourth or Fifth Schedules, as the case
requires, if one individual were liable to be assessed and to pay tax on that
taxable income.
SEVENTH SCHEDULE. s. 5
(8.).
Rates of Tax Payable by a Company.
(a) Subject to the last preceding
Schedule, for every pound of the taxable income of a company the rate of tax
shall be 13-8 pence.
(b) For every pound of interest in
respect of which a company is liable, pursuant to sub-section (1.) of section
one hundred and twenty-five of the Income
Tax Assessment Act 1936